Top Dividend Raises For September 2017

Dividend growth investing is a popular model followed by the investing community to build assets. Companies which 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.
September 2017 dividend raises and cuts can be found here.
September was another great month for dividend raises. Dividend raises were noted from companies such as: Anthem Inc (ANTM), BHP Billiton (BHP)(BBL), Verizon Communications (VZ), Realty Income Corp (O), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Microsoft Corp (MSFT), Texas Instruments (TXN), Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT), Honeywell International (HON) and many more.
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Images used in this article are from Simply Wall St, a financial visualization tool that has a unique way of representing value, future performance, past performance, financial health and dividends -- all in one single image called Snowflake. If you are unfamiliar with the tool, be sure to check out the review. However, the images used below are fairly intuitive to understand.
The following lists the highest raises and cuts from the month of September 2017.
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