Dividend Growth Forum

MO is yielding over 4.1% now.

Yeah, talk about consistent performance. MO is a beast.

Beast is right. Or more to the point plague!

Westlake Chemical (NYSE:WLK) declares $0.1815/share quarterly dividend, 10% increase from prior dividend of $0.165.

Forward yield 1.33%

Payable Sept. 22; for shareholders of record Sept. 4; ex-div Sept. 2.

I don't own any WLK but they've been on my watchlist for a while and I plan to initiate my DD on them soon

Royal Bank of Canada (RY) declares C$0.79/share quarterly dividend, 2.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.77.
Forward yield 4.39%
Payable Nov. 24; for shareholders of record Oct. 26; ex-div Oct. 22.

CIBC (CM) raises dividend by 2.75%

Also, increased buyback of 8M shares - 2% of float over next 12 months.

http://micro.newswire.ca/release.cgi?rke...art=&htm=0

Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) declares C$0.70/share quarterly dividend, 2.9% increase from prior dividend of $0.68.

Forward yield 4.67%

Payable Oct. 28; for shareholders of record Oct. 6; ex-div Oct. 2.

Harris (NYSE:HRS) declares $0.50/share quarterly dividend, 6.4% increase from prior dividend of $0.47.

Forward yield 2.6%

Payable Sept. 24; for shareholders of record Sept. 11; ex-div Sept. 9.

Ventas Inc (VTR) and Care Capital Properties (CCP) post split combined dividends up 10% as promised.
VTR annual divs: $2.92
CCP annual divs: $2.28

http://seekingalpha.com/pr/14578356-vent...-per-share

http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/C...65421.html

verizon issued a 2.7% increase to .565 from .55 http://seekingalpha.com/news/2761786-ver...5-dividend

Mining and Trading Giant Glencore Abandons Dividend to Cut Debt

http://247wallst.com/commodities-metals/...-cut-debt/

Realty Income (O) raises dividend by 0.26%

http://investors.realtyincome.com/2015-0...lty-Income