NIMC - Dividend Champion Contender And Challenger Highlights: Week Of October 23
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 However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date.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 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 |
| Brown & Brown, Inc. |
| ( BRO ) |
| 11/1 |
| 11/16 |
| 0.1025 |
| 0.115 |
| 12.20% |
| 0.75% |
| 29 |
| Crown Castle International Corp. |
| ( CCI ) |
| 12/14 |
| 12/30 |
| 1.47 |
| 1.565 |
| 6.46% |
| 5.07% |
| 9 |
| Celanese Corporation |
| ( CE ) |
| 10/28 |
| 11/14 |
| 0.68 |
| 0.7 |
| 2.94% |
| 2.96% |
| 13 |
| Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. |
| ( FDBC ) |
| 11/17 |
| 12/9 |
| 0.33 |
| 0.36 |
| 9.09% |
| 3.24% |
| 8 |
| Home Bancorp, Inc. |
| ( HBCP ) |
| 10/28 |
| 11/10 |
| 0.23 |
| 0.24 |
| 4.35% |
| 2.38% |
| 9 |
| Healthcare Services Group, Inc. |
| ( HCSG ) |
| 11/17 |
| 12/22 |
| 0.21375 |
| 0.215 |
| 0.58% |
| 6.49% |
| 20 |
| Heartland Financial USA, Inc. |
| ( HTLF ) |
| 11/10 |
| 11/29 |
| 0.27 |
| 0.28 |
| 3.70% |
| 2.37% |
| 6 |
| Hubbell Incorporated |
| ( HUBB ) |
| 11/29 |
| 12/15 |
| 1.05 |
| 1.12 |
| 6.67% |
| 2.07% |
| 15 |
| IDACORP, Inc. |
| ( IDA ) |
| 11/1 |
| 11/30 |
| 0.75 |
| 0.79 |
| 5.33% |
| 3.25% |
| 11 |
| Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. |
| ( LECO ) |
| 12/29 |
| 1/13 |
| 0.56 |
| 0.64 |
| 14.29% |
| 1.95% |
| 28 |
| Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. |
| ( MMP ) |
| 11/4 |
| 11/14 |
| 1.0375 |
| 1.0475 |
| 0.96% |
| 8.30% |
| 22 |
| Middlesex Water Company |
| ( MSEX ) |
| 11/15 |
| 12/1 |
| 0.29 |
| 0.3125 |
| 7.76% |
| 1.56% |
| 50 |
| Mueller Water Products, Inc |
| ( MWA ) |
| 11/9 |
| 11/21 |
| 0.058 |
| 0.061 |
| 5.17% |
| 2.28% |
| 8 |
| Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. |
| ( PB ) |
| 12/14 |
| 1/3 |
| 0.52 |
| 0.55 |
| 5.77% |
| 3.04% |
| 25 |
| Pinnacle West Capital Corporation |
| ( PNW ) |
| 10/31 |
| 12/1 |
| 0.85 |
| 0.865 |
| 1.76% |
| 5.39% |
| 11 |
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 Oct 24 (Ex-Div 10/25)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| AptarGroup, Inc. |
| ( ATR ) |
| 11/16 |
| 0.38 |
| 97.52 |
| 1.56% |
| 28 |
| The Clorox Company |
| ( CLX ) |
| 11/10 |
| 1.18 |
| 136.25 |
| 3.46% |
| 45 |
| Royal Bank of Canada |
| ( RY ) |
| 11/24 |
| 1.28 CAD |
| 90.72 |
| 4.12% |
| 7 |
| Thor Industries, Inc. |
| ( THO ) |
| 11/9 |
| 0.45 |
| 76.59 |
| 2.35% |
| 13 |
Tuesday Oct 25 (Ex-Div 10/26)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
| ( BK ) |
| 11/10 |
| 0.37 |
| 40.23 |
| 3.68% |
| 12 |
| Fastenal Company |
| ( FAST ) |
| 11/23 |
| 0.31 |
| 46.09 |
| 2.69% |
| 23 |
| First Republic Bank |
| ( FRC ) |
| 11/10 |
| 0.27 |
| 112.35 |
| 0.96% |
| 11 |
| PNM Resources, Inc. |
| ( PNM ) |
| 11/10 |
| 0.3475 |
| 46.07 |
| 3.02% |
| 11 |
Wednesday Oct 26 (Ex-Div 10/27)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation |
| ( COST ) |
| 11/10 |
| 0.9 |
| 478.18 |
| 0.75% |
| 19 |
| Union Bankshares, Inc. |
| ( UNB ) |
| 11/3 |
| 0.35 |
| 24.89 |
| 5.62% |
| 10 |
| Unum Group |
| ( UNM ) |
| 11/18 |
| 0.33 |
| 43.59 |
| 3.03% |
| 14 |
Thursday Oct 27 (Ex-Div 10/28)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Agree Realty Corporation |
| ( ADC ) |
| 11/14 |
| 0.24 |
| 65.28 |
| 4.41% |
| 10 |
| A. O. Smith Corporation |
| ( AOS ) |
| 11/15 |
| 0.3 |
| 50.13 |
| 2.39% |
| 29 |
| Sierra Bancorp |
| ( BSRR ) |
| 11/14 |
| 0.23 |
| 21.66 |
| 4.25% |
| 10 |
| Celanese Corporation |
| ( CE ) |
| 11/14 |
| 0.7 |
| 94.64 |
| 2.96% |
| 13 |
| Enterprise Products Partners L.P. |
| ( EPD ) |
| 11/14 |
| 0.475 |
| 25.01 |
| 7.60% |
| 25 |
| Home Bancorp, Inc. |
| ( HBCP ) |
| 11/10 |
| 0.24 |
| 40.27 |
| 2.38% |
| 9 |
| Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana |
| ( HFBL ) |
| 11/14 |
| 0.12 |
| 18.82 |
| 2.55% |
| 9 |
| Kinder Morgan, Inc. |
| ( KMI ) |
| 11/15 |
| 0.2775 |
| 17.52 |
| 6.34% |
| 5 |
| Alliant Energy Corporation |
| ( LNT ) |
| 11/15 |
| 0.4275 |
| 49.76 |
| 3.44% |
| 19 |
| Morgan Stanley |
| ( MS ) |
| 11/15 |
| 0.775 |
| 79.22 |
| 3.91% |
| 9 |
| NiSource Inc. |
| ( NI ) |
| 11/18 |
| 0.235 |
| 24.49 |
| 3.84% |
| 11 |
| National Retail Properties, Inc. |
| ( NNN ) |
| 11/15 |
| 0.55 |
| 39.66 |
| 5.55% |
| 33 |
| Northwest Natural Holding Company |
| ( NWN ) |
| 11/15 |
| 0.485 |
| 45.81 |
| 4.23% |
| 67 |
| Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. |
| ( ORRF ) |
| 11/7 |
| 0.19 |
| 24.86 |
| 3.06% |
| 7 |
| Star Group, L.P. |
| ( SGU ) |
| 11/8 |
| 0.1525 |
| 8.46 |
| 7.21% |
| 10 |
| SL Green Realty Corp. |
| ( SLG ) |
| 11/15 |
| 0.3108 |
| 37.3 |
| 10.00% |
| 11 |
| STAG Industrial, Inc. |
| ( STAG ) |
| 11/15 |
| 0.121667 |
| 28.36 |
| 5.15% |
| 12 |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated |
| ( TXN ) |
| 11/15 |
| 1.24 |
| 159.72 |
| 3.11% |
| 19 |
| Value Line, Inc. |
| ( VALU ) |
| 11/10 |
| 0.25 |
| 65.48 |
| 1.53% |
| 8 |
For further details see:
Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of October 23