Think a Lot of Companies Don't Increase Dividends? Think Again!

I love dividends, and I love them even more when they increase.

Increasing dividends means more money in your pocket. A solid stream of increasing passive income!

Here are some recent dividend increases:

US COMPANIES
Amcol Int'l ACO $0.20 from $0.18, increase of 11.11%
Smith, A.O.  AOS$0.20 from $0.16, increase of 25.00%
Am States Water AWR$0.355 from $0.28, increase of 26.79%
Baxter Int'l BAX$0.45 from $0.335, increase of 34.33%
Badger Meter Inc BMI$0.17 from $0.16, increase of 6.25%
Caterpillar CAT $0.52 from $0.46, increase of 13.04%
Chemed Corp CHE $0.18 from $0.16, increase of 12.50%
Cummins Inc. CMI $0.50 from $0.40, increase of 25.00%
Crane Co CR $0.28 from $0.26, increase of 7.69%
Carlisle Comp CSL $0.20 from $0.18, increase of 11.11%
Community Trst CTBI $0.315 from $0.31, increase of 1.61%
Dover Corp DOV $0.35 from $0.315, increase of 11.11%
Federal REIT FRT $0.73 from $0.69, increase of 5.80%
Hawkins Inc. HWKN S $0.34 from $0.32, increase of 6.25%
Int'l Flav & Frag IFF $0.34 from $0.31, increase of 9.68%
Illinois Tool Works ITW $0.38 from $0.36, increase of 5.56%
Kellogg Co K $0.44 from $0.43, increase of 2.33%
Murphy Oil Corp MUR $0.3125 from $0.275, increase of 13.64%
Norfolk Southern NSC $0.50 from $0.47, increase of 6.38%
ONEOK Inc OKE $0.33 from $0.305, increase of 8.20%
Ryder Systems R $0.31 from $0.29, increase of 6.90%
Rockwell Automat ROK $0.47 from $0.425, increase of 10.59%
Reliance Steel RS $0.25 from $0.15, increase of 66.67%
Smucker, JM SJM $0.52 from $0.48, increase of 8.33%
Stanley Blk & Dec SWK from $0.49 $0.41, increase of 19.51%
Questar Corp STR $0.17 from $0.1625, increase of 4.62%
Target Corp TGT $0.36 from $0.30, increase of 20.00%
United Technolog UTX $0.535 from $0.48, increase of 11.46%
Walgreen Co WAG $0.275 from $0.225, increase of 22.22%

CANADIAN COMPANIES
Empire EMP.A $0.24 from $0.225, increase of 6.6%
BCE BCE $0.5675 from $0.5425, increase of 4.61%
Saputo SAP $0.21 from $0.19, increase of 10.52%
Algonquin Power AQN $0.0775 from $0.0700, increase of 10.71%
CAE CAE $0.05 from $0.04, increase of 25.00%
Dorel DII.A$0.30 from $0.15, increase of 100.00%
Highliner Foods HLF $0.11 from $0.10, increase of 10.00%
Calian Tech CTY $0.28 from $0.26, increase of 7.69%

cheers,

Kanwal

Comments

[Jeremy @ Modest Money]

Thanks for this list Kanwal. I'm going to look into some of these companies after I find the time to take your investing course. I think increasing dividends sounds pretty sweet to me.

[Kanwal Sarai]

Hi Jeremy, thanks for stopping by!

Like I said, increasing dividends = increasing income for me!

[My Own Advisor]

Great list!

Wow, Dorel!

Mark