MFC:CC - Dividend Champion Contender And Challenger Highlights: Week Of November 19
2023-11-19 03:46:57 ET
Summary
- A weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers.
- Companies which changed their dividends.
- Companies with upcoming ex-dividend dates.
- Companies with upcoming pay dates.
Introduction
The Dividend Champions list is a monthly compilation of companies which have consistently increased their annual dividend payouts. However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date. Furthermore, with over 700 companies on the list, the sheer amount of data can quickly become overwhelming. In this weekly series, I highlight recent and upcoming dividend related activity for dividend stocks on the Dividend Champions list.
In the data presented below, Yield is forward annualized and Years reflects the up-to-date streak, including dividends declared since the last edition of the Dividend Champions list.
Dividend Changes
In the past week, the following companies declared dividends which changed from their previous payouts.
Increases:
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Ex-Div |
| Pay |
| Old Rate |
| New Rate |
| Increase |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc. |
| ( A ) |
| 12/29 |
| 1/24 |
| 0.225 |
| 0.236 |
| 4.89% |
| 0.83% |
| 13 |
| Brown-Forman Corporation |
| ( BF.B ) |
| 11/30 |
| 1/2 |
| 0.2055 |
| 0.2178 |
| 5.99% |
| 1.49% |
| 39 |
| Dolby Laboratories, Inc. |
| ( DLB ) |
| 11/27 |
| 12/5 |
| 0.27 |
| 0.3 |
| 11.11% |
| 1.47% |
| 10 |
| Griffon Corporation |
| ( GFF ) |
| 11/27 |
| 12/14 |
| 0.125 |
| 0.15 |
| 20.00% |
| 1.31% |
| 13 |
| Matthews International Corporation |
| ( MATW ) |
| 11/24 |
| 12/11 |
| 0.23 |
| 0.24 |
| 4.35% |
| 2.62% |
| 29 |
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. |
| ( MSI ) |
| 12/14 |
| 1/12 |
| 0.88 |
| 0.98 |
| 11.36% |
| 1.23% |
| 14 |
| NIKE, Inc. |
| ( NKE ) |
| 12/1 |
| 1/2 |
| 0.34 |
| 0.37 |
| 8.82% |
| 1.40% |
| 21 |
| PulteGroup, Inc. |
| ( PHM ) |
| 12/18 |
| 1/3 |
| 0.16 |
| 0.2 |
| 25.00% |
| 0.91% |
| 6 |
| Royal Gold, Inc. |
| ( RGLD ) |
| 1/4 |
| 1/19 |
| 0.375 |
| 0.4 |
| 6.67% |
| 1.43% |
| 23 |
| Spire Inc. |
| ( SR ) |
| 12/8 |
| 1/3 |
| 0.72 |
| 0.755 |
| 4.86% |
| 4.92% |
| 21 |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| ( TSN ) |
| 11/30 |
| 12/15 |
| 0.48 |
| 0.49 |
| 2.08% |
| 4.02% |
| 11 |
| WesBanco, Inc. |
| ( WSBC ) |
| 12/7 |
| 1/2 |
| 0.35 |
| 0.36 |
| 2.86% |
| 5.21% |
| 14 |
Decreases:
None
Last Chance to Buy
These dividend growth stocks have ex-dividend dates approaching. The following tables indicate the last day you can buy these stocks in order to be eligible for the upcoming dividend. Tables are sorted alphabetically by symbol.
Monday Nov 20 (Ex-Div 11/21)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Brunswick Corporation |
| ( BC ) |
| 12/15 |
| 0.4 |
| 77.11 |
| 2.07% |
| 11 |
| Curtiss-Wright Corporation |
| ( CW ) |
| 12/1 |
| 0.2 |
| 210.32 |
| 0.38% |
| 7 |
| Discover Financial Services |
| ( DFS ) |
| 12/7 |
| 0.7 |
| 86.38 |
| 3.24% |
| 13 |
| Evergy, Inc. |
| ( EVRG ) |
| 12/20 |
| 0.6425 |
| 50.39 |
| 5.10% |
| 19 |
| Forward Air Corporation |
| ( FWRD ) |
| 12/7 |
| 0.24 |
| 65.83 |
| 1.46% |
| 7 |
| Littelfuse, Inc. |
| ( LFUS ) |
| 12/7 |
| 0.65 |
| 238.15 |
| 1.09% |
| 14 |
| Microchip Technology Incorporated |
| ( MCHP ) |
| 12/6 |
| 0.439 |
| 83.53 |
| 2.10% |
| 22 |
| Manulife Financial Corporation |
| ( MFC ) |
| 12/19 |
| 0.365 CAD |
| 19.18 |
| 5.56% |
| 10 |
| Southside Bancshares, Inc. |
| ( SBSI ) |
| 12/7 |
| 0.35 |
| 29.18 |
| 4.80% |
| 29 |
Tuesday Nov 21 (Ex-Div 11/22)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Applied Materials, Inc. |
| ( AMAT ) |
| 12/14 |
| 0.32 |
| 148.59 |
| 0.86% |
| 6 |
| Badger Meter, Inc. |
| ( BMI ) |
| 12/8 |
| 0.27 |
| 148.39 |
| 0.73% |
| 31 |
| Cabot Corporation |
| ( CBT ) |
| 12/8 |
| 0.4 |
| 78.33 |
| 2.04% |
| 12 |
| Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. |
| ( CCOI ) |
| 12/8 |
| 0.955 |
| 65.6 |
| 5.82% |
| 12 |
| CDW Corporation |
| ( CDW ) |
| 12/12 |
| 0.62 |
| 215.29 |
| 1.15% |
| 11 |
| Cummins Inc. |
| ( CMI ) |
| 12/7 |
| 1.68 |
| 225.5 |
| 2.98% |
| 18 |
| Evercore Inc. |
| ( EVR ) |
| 12/8 |
| 0.76 |
| 144.43 |
| 2.10% |
| 17 |
| First BanCorp. |
| ( FBP ) |
| 12/8 |
| 0.14 |
| 15.22 |
| 3.68% |
| 6 |
| First Mid Bancshares, Inc. |
| ( FMBH ) |
| 12/1 |
| 0.23 |
| 31.39 |
| 2.93% |
| 12 |
| First National Corporation |
| ( FXNC ) |
| 12/8 |
| 0.15 |
| 18.63 |
| 3.22% |
| 10 |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. |
| ( HII ) |
| 12/8 |
| 1.3 |
| 236.75 |
| 2.20% |
| 12 |
| Moody's Corporation |
| ( MCO ) |
| 12/15 |
| 0.77 |
| 356.67 |
| 0.86% |
| 14 |
| National Bank Holdings Corporation |
| ( NBHC ) |
| 12/15 |
| 0.26 |
| 33.39 |
| 3.11% |
| 8 |
| NextEra Energy, Inc. |
| ( NEE ) |
| 12/15 |
| 0.4675 |
| 57.37 |
| 3.26% |
| 29 |
| Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. |
| ( NUS ) |
| 12/6 |
| 0.39 |
| 18 |
| 8.67% |
| 23 |
| Robert Half International Inc. |
| ( RHI ) |
| 12/15 |
| 0.48 |
| 80.85 |
| 2.37% |
| 20 |
| Washington Federal, Inc |
| ( WAFD ) |
| 12/8 |
| 0.25 |
| 27.46 |
| 3.64% |
| 13 |
| Walker & Dunlop, Inc. |
| ( WD ) |
| 12/8 |
| 0.63 |
| 83.48 |
| 3.02% |
| 6 |
Wednesday Nov 22 (Ex-Div 11/24)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Assurant, Inc. |
| ( AIZ ) |
| 12/18 |
| 0.72 |
| 161.28 |
| 1.79% |
| 20 |
| Atmos Energy Corporation |
| ( ATO ) |
| 12/11 |
| 0.805 |
| 113.9 |
| 2.83% |
| 40 |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. |
| ( EQH ) |
| 12/4 |
| 0.22 |
| 28.38 |
| 3.10% |
| 6 |
| LyondellBasell Industries N.V. |
| ( LYB ) |
| 12/4 |
| 1.25 |
| 97.23 |
| 5.14% |
| 13 |
| Matthews International Corporation |
| ( MATW ) |
| 12/11 |
| 0.24 |
| 36.71 |
| 2.62% |
| 29 |
| Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| ( NOC ) |
| 12/13 |
| 1.87 |
| 464.17 |
| 1.61% |
| 20 |
| The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company |
| ( SMG ) |
| 12/8 |
| 0.66 |
| 57.88 |
| 4.56% |
| 13 |
| Tractor Supply Company |
| ( TSCO ) |
| 12/12 |
| 1.03 |
| 202.61 |
| 2.03% |
| 14 |
Thursday Nov 23
Markets closed in observance of Thanksgiving
Friday Nov 24 (Ex-Div 11/27)
For further details see:
Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of November 19