Dividend Increases: February 29-March 6, 2020

This article series provides a weekly summary of dividend increase announcements.
A summary table provides relevant data and key statistics.
As a bonus, I include ex-dividend dates for the next two weeks.

I monitor dividend increases for stocks in the Dividend Champions List (CCC list).
The CCC list is separated into three categories based on how long companies have maintained their streak of annually increasing dividends: Champions (25+ years), Contenders (10- 24 years), and Challengers (5-9 years).
Last week, 6 companies in the CCC list decided to increase their dividends, including two of my DivGro holdings. The following table presents a summary.
The table is sorted into sections for Champions, Contenders, and Challengers, and then by the percentage increase, %Incr. Dividends are annualized and in US$, unless otherwise indicated. Yield is the new dividend yield for the market close Price on the date listed. Yrs are years of consecutive dividend increases, while 5-yr DGR is the compound annual growth rate of the dividend over a 5-year period.
Some companies increase their dividends more than once a year, so the last column (1-yr %Incr) indicates the percentage increase from the year-ago dividend.
Summary of Dividend Increases: February 29-March 6, 2020

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The following dividend increase data are sorted alphabetically by ticker.
Ross Stores (ROST)
ROST, together with its subsidiaries, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores offering apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions. The company's stores include Ross Dress for Less stores and dd's DISCOUNTS stores. ROST was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.
On March 3, ROST declared a quarterly dividend of 28.5¢ per share. This is an increase of 11.8% from the prior dividend of 25.5¢. Payable March 31 to shareholders of record on March 17; ex-div: March 16.... Read more