Top Dividend Raises And Cuts For January 2017

Dividend growth investing is a popular model followed by the investing community to build assets. Companies that not only pay dividends but raise them year after year have been shown to perform better overall for investor returns.
As part of my due diligence, I closely monitor all companies that raise dividends (or cut them), and this article shares the dividend amount changes announced by companies.
Note that only companies with a market cap of $2B+ are included, as the list of small/micro cap companies is too long to include here.
January 2017 dividend raises and cuts can be found here.
Raises and cuts from 2016 can be found in this document.
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The start of the year is a busy time for companies to announce dividend increases and send more cash towards customers. January, like previous years, was a great month for dividend raises. Dividend raises were noted from companies such as: Realty Income (NYSE: O), Omega Healthcare Investors Inc (NYSE: OHI), Fastenal Co (Nasdaq: FAST), Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED), CVS Health Corp (NYSE: CVS), A.O.Smith Corp (NYSE: AOS), Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC), Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI), Enbrige Inc (NYSE: ENB), BlackRock Inc (NYSE: BLK), Praxair (NYSE: PX), Comcast Corp (Nasdaq: CMCSA), Canadian Utilities (OTCPK: CDUAF), Welltower Inc (NYSE: HCN), Parker-Hannifin (NYSE: PH), Air Products &... Read more