8 MLPs Recently Announced Higher Dividends

Income investors can appreciate the good news when their Master Limited Partnerships (MLP's) are increasing their future quarterly dividends. A rising income stream is the goal of most income investors. Here are eight MLP's with recently announced increasing dividends. Atlas Pipeline Partners LP (APL) Atlas Pipeline Partners is a midstream company providing reliable gas gathering, compression, processing services. The MLP owns 8,600 miles of gas pipeline assets in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Tennessee. Stock Price: $34.45 Current Yield: 5.5% Dividend Increase from Prior Quarter: 17% The dividend yield is a solid 5.5%. I remain positive on APL as the prior quarter dividend was 40-cents. APL's balance sheet remains pristine in the MLP industry. I recommend buy and enjoy the ride. Alliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP) Alliance Resource Partners was the first coal-MLP. Recently negative press about nuclear has created a short-term - or possibly long-term public demand - for coal.... Read more