12 Dow Stocks With Strong Dividends

A dividend boost of a large-cap stock rarely goes unnoticed by investors. The stocks that raised their dividend payouts become more promising to dividend investors since their dividend yields also increase. Moreover, a recent dividend growth may indicate the robustness of the company's financials and suggest further increases in dividend yields down the road. Hence, many stocks with recent dividend boosts not only have decent potential upsides but also are appealing to dividend investors who seek some inflation protection. We provided a list of 12 Dow Jones Index companies which have either increased dividend payouts in the past few months or announced an increase in payouts in the next quarter. The market data are sourced from Fidelity. These 12 stocks returned 8.39% (including dividends) since the beginning of this year and outperformed the market. Intel Corp. ( INTC) is a global technology company that manufactures microprocessor products. INTC recently announced it... Read more