RY:CC - Dividend Champion Contender And Challenger Highlights: Week Of July 17
- 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 However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date.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 companies 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 |
| The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
| ( BK ) |
| 7/22 |
| 8/5 |
| 0.34 |
| 0.37 |
| 8.82% |
| 3.41% |
| 12 |
| The Clorox Company |
| ( CLX ) |
| 7/26 |
| 8/12 |
| 1.16 |
| 1.18 |
| 1.72% |
| 3.17% |
| 45 |
| Cummins Inc. |
| ( CMI ) |
| 8/8 |
| 9/1 |
| 1.45 |
| 1.57 |
| 8.28% |
| 3.20% |
| 17 |
| Duke Energy Corporation |
| ( DUK ) |
| 8/11 |
| 9/16 |
| 0.985 |
| 1.005 |
| 2.03% |
| 3.74% |
| 18 |
| Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. |
| ( MMC ) |
| 7/27 |
| 8/15 |
| 0.535 |
| 0.59 |
| 10.28% |
| 1.56% |
| 13 |
| Morgan Stanley |
| ( MS ) |
| 7/28 |
| 8/15 |
| 0.7 |
| 0.775 |
| 10.71% |
| 3.97% |
| 9 |
| National Retail Properties, Inc. |
| ( NNN ) |
| 7/28 |
| 8/15 |
| 0.53 |
| 0.55 |
| 3.77% |
| 4.96% |
| 33 |
| Ryder System, Inc. |
| ( R ) |
| 8/19 |
| 9/16 |
| 0.58 |
| 0.62 |
| 6.90% |
| 3.42% |
| 18 |
| The J. M. Smucker Company |
| ( SJM ) |
| 8/11 |
| 9/1 |
| 0.99 |
| 1.02 |
| 3.03% |
| 3.10% |
| 25 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. |
| ( WBA ) |
| 8/18 |
| 9/9 |
| 0.4775 |
| 0.48 |
| 0.52% |
| 5.05% |
| 47 |
Decreases:
None
Last Chance to Buy
These companies 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 Jul 18 (Ex-Div 7/19)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
| ( CAT ) |
| 8/19 |
| 1.2 |
| 173.38 |
| 2.77% |
| 29 |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. |
| ( LOW ) |
| 8/3 |
| 1.05 |
| 185 |
| 2.27% |
| 60 |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. |
| ( WST ) |
| 8/3 |
| 0.18 |
| 300.44 |
| 0.24% |
| 29 |
Tuesday Jul 19 (Ex-Div 7/20)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company |
| ( CL ) |
| 8/15 |
| 0.47 |
| 78.15 |
| 2.41% |
| 59 |
| Zoetis Inc. |
| ( ZTS ) |
| 9/1 |
| 0.325 |
| 174.54 |
| 0.74% |
| 10 |
Wednesday Jul 20 (Ex-Div 7/21)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| First Busey Corporation |
| ( BUSE ) |
| 7/29 |
| 0.23 |
| 23.76 |
| 3.87% |
| 8 |
| Gladstone Investment |
| ( GAIN ) |
| 7/29 |
| 0.075 |
| 14.4 |
| 6.25% |
| 10 |
| Gladstone Land Corporation |
| ( LAND ) |
| 7/29 |
| 0.0456 |
| 23.74 |
| 2.30% |
| 8 |
| The Procter & Gamble Company |
| ( PG ) |
| 8/15 |
| 0.9133 |
| 145.07 |
| 2.52% |
| 66 |
| Pentair plc |
| ( PNR ) |
| 8/5 |
| 0.21 |
| 46.21 |
| 1.82% |
| 46 |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. |
| ( WSM ) |
| 8/26 |
| 0.78 |
| 131.9 |
| 2.37% |
| 17 |
Thursday Jul 21 (Ex-Div 7/22)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Celanese Corporation |
| ( CE ) |
| 8/8 |
| 0.68 |
| 108.74 |
| 2.50% |
| 12 |
| Kaiser Aluminum Corporation |
| ( KALU ) |
| 8/15 |
| 0.77 |
| 74.79 |
| 4.12% |
| 11 |
| Lakeland Financial Corporation |
| ( LKFN ) |
| 8/5 |
| 0.4 |
| 66.41 |
| 2.41% |
| 11 |
| Star Group, L.P. |
| ( SGU ) |
| 8/2 |
| 0.1525 |
| 9.57 |
| 6.37% |
| 10 |
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Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of July 17