31 Dividend Boosts Bucked The Bear: March 16 And 23

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 3/16 and 23/2020 update for 31.
The past two week increases ranged $0.0005 per M by O, to $0.165 monthly by PVL, and ranged upward from 0.2% by WPC to 67.3% to 67.3% by PVL.
Real estate sector companies with eight and financial services companies with five hikes showed the most increases for the two weeks.
Ten top dividend-boosted stocks ranged 68.96% to 245.82% in estimated 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 19.46% more net-gain than that from $5k invested in all ten. Little, lower-priced dividend-boosted dogs ruled this later-mid-March booster 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 16 and 23 combined data from Barron's for 31 dividend-paying stocks as supplemented by dog catcher analysis powered by YCharts as of March 23.
Watch this space as the current bearish pull-back rages for those brave corporations raising payouts in the face of flagging popularity as measured by the stock price.
Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Estimated 68.96% To 245.82% Net Gains For Ten Top Dividend-Boosted Stocks Listed As Of March 16 and 23, 2020
Five 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 50% accurate.


Projections were based on estimated dividends from $1,000 invested in each of the highest yielding stocks and their aggregate one-year analyst median... Read more