30 Companies Expected to Increase Their Dividends in March
Published Feb 15, 2011 on Seeking Alpha

In compiling the Dividend Champions list, I get to see which companies are nearing the anniversaries of their previous dividend increases. Since most of these firms raise their payout about the same time every year, I can say with some confidence that they are likely to do so again. Based on last year's announcements, I'm expecting the following companies to announce dividend increases between now and the anniversary of their previous increase: Dividend Champions (25 or more years) No. 1/31 Qtrly % LY Company Symbol Yrs Price Yield Rate Inc. Ex-Div Air Products & Chem. APD 28 87.25 2.25 0.4900 8.89 3/30/10 CenturyLink Inc. CTL 37 43.24 6.71 0.7250 3.57 3/5/10 Chubb Corp. CB 45 57.93 2.55 0.3700 5.71 3/17/10 Coca-Cola Company KO 48 62.85 2.80 0.4400 7.32 3/11/10 Genuine Parts Co. GPC 54 51.75 3.17 0.4100 2.50 3/3/10 Old Republic Int'l ORI 29 12.23 5.64 0.1725 1.47 3/3/10 Piedmont... Read more