29 'Overdue' Dividend Increases: Streaks In Jeopardy

In compiling the Dividend Champions list I get to see which companies are nearing the anniversaries of their previous dividend increases. Most of these firms raise their payout about the same time every year, but some companies go longer before boosting their dividends, and this can raise concerns about their streaks of increases.
Dividends in Doubt Series
In case you missed it, there was no April article in this series because, by late April, nothing much had changed from the 29 companies listed in late March. No sooner had I posted a Stock Talk to that effect than a slew of changes took place in rapid succession. There are also 29 companies in the list below, but nine of them - the last companies listed - are appearing for the first time. From the March article, there were three deletions: Pitney Bowes (PBI), which finally... Read more