61 Dividend Boosts Announced February 17, 2020

Barron's Weekly posts a list of stocks announcing "dividend payment boosts" on the very last page of its financial data section. Here is your dog catcher 2/17/2020 updates for 61 stocks.
That week Barron's listed 61 stocks boosting dividends. The increases ranged from $0.00023 per M to $0.50 quarterly, and ranged upward from 0.5% to 4900% for this batch.
Financial Services companies with 18 hikes showed the most increases the past week. Next best were in the industrials sector with eight.
10 top dividend-boosted stocks ranged 14.45% to 46.57% in net gains calculated from broker targets including dividends less broker fees.
$5k invested in this week's collection of lowest-priced five top-yield dividend-boosted dogs showed 31.88% more net-gain than that from $5k invested in all 10.  Little, lower-priced dividend-boosted dogs ruled this later mid-February pack.
Foreword
Any collection of stocks is more clearly understood when subjected to yield-based (dog catcher) analysis, these dividend-boosted batches are perfect for the Arnold dog catcher process. Here is your February 17 data from Barron's for 61 dividend-paying stocks as supplemented by dog catcher analysis powered by YCharts.
Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Estimated 14.45% To 46.57% Net Gains For 10 Top Dividend-Boosted Stocks Listed As Of February 17, 2021
Four of 10 top stocks by yield were among the top 10 gainers for the coming year based on analyst 1-year target prices. (They are tinted gray in the chart below.) Thus, the yield-based forecast for these booster dogs was deemed by Wall St. Wizards as 40% accurate.


Projections were based on estimated dividends from $1k invested in each of the highest yielding stocks and their aggregate one-year analyst median target prices, as reported by YCharts. Note: One-year target prices by lone analysts were not applied. 10 probable profit-generating trades projected to February 17, 2021 were:
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