34 Equities Boosted Dividends 3/30-4/20 Despite Uncertainties

Barron's Weekly lists the stocks announcing "dividend payment boosts" on the very last page of its financial data section. Here is your dog catcher 3/30-4/20 rundown for 34 proclaimed those weeks.
The past four week increases ranged $0.00011 per M by ITUB, to $2.42786 annually by BAP, and ranged upward from 0.1% by EAD, and LAND, to 171.1% by MTR.
Financial Services companies with fifteen hikes and Energy with five, showed the most increases for the past four weeks.
Ten top dividend-boosted stocks ranged 24.37% to 77.82% in estimated net gains calculated from broker targets including dividends less broker fees.
$5k invested in this collection of lowest-priced five top-yield ten dividend-boosted dogs showed 0.67% more net gain than that from $5k invested in all ten. Little, lower-priced dividend-boosted dogs barely ruled this mostly April 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 20 combined data from Barron's for 31 dividend-paying stocks as supplemented by April 20 four weeks of analysis powered by YCharts as of April 22.
Watch this space (as the current uncertainty flourishes) for those brave corporations raising payouts in the face of wavering popularity as measured by stock price.
Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Estimated 24.37% To 77.82% Net Gains For Ten Top Dividend-Boosted Stocks Listed As Of 3/30-4/20, 2020
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... Read more