Those of you who follow this series of articles know that I track the dividend increases of a variety of long-term dividend growth companies. Back in the middle of February, I provided predictions for 11 dividend growth companies that have historically announced annual payout increases in the second half of February.
Of those 11 companies, one - Ross Stores (ROST) - deferred its announcement to March. But in addition to the 10 companies that did announce increases, there were three other dividend growth companies that also announced their annual dividend increases. Coca-Cola (KO)