Dividend Announcement Thread!

[rapidacid]

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) declares $0.36/share quarterly dividend, 16.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.31.

Forward yield 3.27%

Payable Dec. 10; for shareholders of record Nov. 19; ex-div Nov. 17.

Ship it.

[Dividendsrule]

Phillip Morris International Inc. increased the company’s regular quarterly dividend by 2% to an annualized rate of $4.08 per share.

Forward yield 5.04%

Disappointing but I trust management and next year could be much higher. Steady as she goes.

[ChadR]

IMO that the strong US dollar was why the raise was as small as it was.

[Roadmap2Retire]

Sanderson Farms (SAFM) declares special dividend

http://seekingalpha.com/news/2781386-san...2-dividend

[rapidacid]

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) declares $1.10/share semi-annual dividend, 7.8% increase from prior dividend of $1.02.

Forward yield 2.25%

Payable Nov. 13; for shareholders of record Oct. 13; ex-div Oct. 8.

[rapidacid]

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) declares $1.65/share quarterly dividend, 10% increase from prior dividend of $1.50.

Forward yield 3.26%

Payable Dec. 24; for shareholders of record Dec. 1; ex-div Nov. 27.

[Kerim]

(09-24-2015, 12:17 PM)rapidacid Wrote: Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) declares $1.65/share quarterly dividend, 10% increase from prior dividend of $1.50.

Forward yield 3.26%

Payable Dec. 24; for shareholders of record Dec. 1; ex-div Nov. 27.

Nice raise -- I'll take that!

[Roadmap2Retire]

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) declares $0.46/share quarterly dividend, 12.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.41.
Forward yield 2.21%
Payable Nov. 6; for shareholders of record Oct. 16; ex-div Oct. 14.

[rapidacid]

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) declares $0.56/share quarterly dividend, 1.8% increase from prior dividend of $0.55.

Forward yield 6.32%

Payable Nov. 16; for shareholders of record Nov. 2; ex-div Oct. 29.

[Dividend Watcher]

(10-14-2015, 04:23 PM)rapidacid Wrote: Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) declares $0.56/share quarterly dividend, 1.8% increase from prior dividend of $0.55.

Forward yield 6.32%

yummy

[rapidacid]

Wisconsin Energy (NYSE:WEC) declares $0.4575/share quarterly dividend, 95.8% increase from prior dividend of $0.2337.

Forward yield 3.48%

Payable Dec. 1; for shareholders of record Nov. 13; ex-div Nov. 10.

The $0.2337 dividend was a prorated dividend from the Integrys purchase. WEC paid a total of $0.4404 in dividends between the last "normal" quarterly dividend of $0.4225

So, if going by the last normal quarterly payment of $0.4225 ( paid in June 2015 ) this is a dividend increase of 8.3%

If using the last aggregate payment of $0.4404 ( paid in July and September 2015 ) this is an increase of 3.9%

http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/wec/dividend-history


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Edit: $0.4575 * 4 = $1.83. StockRover already had their yearly dividend as $1.83 so I'm not sure if this is any sort of raise or not. Usually SR takes a day or two from announcement to update their data.

[Dividend Watcher]

The WEC dividend is curious. This is what TDA has listed on their calendar for WEC:

   

It's on my wife's target list but not until a lot of other positions are filled, the P/E comes down to earth and the recent merger settles down in the financials. It's been a while since I looked through their 10-Ks. Too many questions for me right now.

They've certainly done wonders with their earnings but when do they bump up against affordability for their customers? Last I looked their rates weren't that out of line with the rest of their northern U.S. neighbors.