112 Equities Hiked Dividends In August (Against 32 Reductions) And 35 Signaled Buys
Published Aug 26, 2020 on Seeking Alpha

Seeking AlphaDividend Quick Picks112 Equities Hiked Dividends In August (Against 32 Reductions) And 35 Signaled BuysAug. 26, 2020 4:41 PM ET|| Includes: ABR, APO, BSM, CCOI, CNQ, CNXM, CWEN, CWEN.A, DHT, DKL, FRT, GSK, HQH, HQL, MFC, MO, OCSL, ORC, PSTLby: Fredrik ArnoldFredrik Arnold The Dividend Dog CatcherSimple, straightforward 7-step analysis that finds lucrative income stocks.SummaryBarron's Weekly lists stocks announcing "dividend payment boosts" on the very last page of its financial data. Here is your dogcatcher 8/3-24 rundown for 112 equities proclaimed those four-weeks.
Increases for the period ranged $0.00006 per quarter by CPG, to $0.8458 semi-annually by DEO and ranged upward from 0.017% by SLF, to 503.1% by CNSM.
Financial Services Companies with twenty-three hikes, and Energy with thirteen, showed the most increases for the past four weeks.
Ten top dividend-boosted stocks ranged 18.06% to 31.77% in estimated net-gains calculated from broker targets (including dividends less broker fees).
$5k invested in the lowest-priced five in this collection of top-yield ten dividend-boosted dogs showed 45.29% more net-gain than that from $5k invested in all ten. The little, lower-priced dividend-boosted dogs ruled this August 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 August 3 to 24 combined data from Barron's for 112 dividend-paying equities as supplemented by analysis powered by YCharts as of August 24.
Watch this space (as ongoing uncertainty festers) for those implacable corporations raising payouts in the face of wavering popularity as measured by stock prices.
Incidentally, 35 of the top fifty August dividend stock hikers met or exceeded the dog catcher buy criterion of dividends from $1k invested producing income greater than their single share price: DHT,... Read more