Financial Services And Consumer Cyclicals Sectors Declared The Most Dividend Increases March 2

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 dogcatcher 3/2/2020 update for 82 of them.
That week, Barron's listed 83 stocks boosting dividends. The increases ranged $0.00021 per M to $8.25 annually and ranged upward from 0.2% to 471.4% for this batch.
Financial Services companies with nineteen hikes showed the most increases the past week. Next best was the consumer cyclical sector with fourteen.
Ten top dividend-boosted stocks ranged 31.32% to 64.15% 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 8.23% more net-gain than that from $5k invested in all ten. Little, lower-priced dividend-boosted dogs ruled this early-March 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 March 2 data from Barron's for 82 dividend paying stocks as supplemented by dog catcher analysis powered by YCharts. YCharts could provide no additional data for one listing: Valley National Bancorp Pfd.A (VLYPP).
Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Estimated 32.32% To 64.15% Net Gains For Ten Top Dividend-Boosted Stocks Listed As Of March 2, 2021
Four of ten top stocks by yield were among the top ten 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 $1000 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... Read more