24 Dividend Increases: January 29-February 2, 2018 (Part 1: Energy And Real Estate)

Companies can only increase their dividends regularly if they grow earnings sufficiently. I monitor dividend increases of stocks in the CCC list of dividend growth stocks. I use the following screens to compile a watch list from the CCC stocks:
Market cap ≥ $500M No stocks that are being acquired No over-the-counter or pink sheet stocks Dividend Yield ≥ 2% for Challengers Dividend Yield ≥ 1% for Contenders and Champions Last week, 24 companies on my watch list announced dividend increases, including one stock I own.
The table below presents a summary of dividend increases for stocks in the Energy and Real Estate sectors. Part 2 will present dividend increases for the remaining sectors.
The table is sorted by the percentage increase, %Incr. Dividends are annualized and in US$, unless otherwise indicated. Yield is the new dividend yield. Yrs are years of consecutive dividend increases, while 5-yr DGR is the compound annual growth rate of the dividend over a 5-year period. 1-yr %Incr is the percentage increase from the year-ago dividend. (Some companies increase their dividends more than once a year, so this puts the most recent dividend increase in context).
Summary of Dividend Increases: January 29-February 2, 2018

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