36 Companies Likely to Raise Dividends in the Next 10 Weeks

In compiling the Dividend Champions list I get to see what 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. Quiet Time For the previous article in this series, I extended the forward look to a period of about 10 weeks. But as I explained in last week's article about the seasonality of dividend increases, we are in the slowest part of the year in terms of activity. But while the fewest increases carry a July Ex-Dividend Date (and August Pay Date), those coincide to some extent with June Announcements, so we may have passed the very slowest period of increases in terms of increased dividend declarations. Of the 28 companies listed in my June 10 article, only three announced increases,... Read more