Schwab Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
The Board of Directors of The Charles Schwab Corporation has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per common share. The dividend is payable August 26, 2011 to stockholders of record August 12, 2011.... more
RAIT Financial Trust Declares Third Quarter 2011 Preferred Dividends
RAIT Financial Trust (NYSE: RAS) announced that on July 26, 2011, RAIT’s Board of Trustees declared a third quarter 2011 cash dividend of $0.484375 per share on RAIT’s 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.5234375 per share on RAIT’s 8.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares and $0.5546875 per share on RAIT’s 8.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares. The dividends will be paid on September 30, 2011 to holders of record on September 1, 2011.... more
Textron Declares Quarterly Dividend
The Board of Directors of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share on the company’s Common Stock.... more
Kimco Realty Announces Quarterly Cash Dividends on Common and Preferred Shares
Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per common share, payable on October 17, 2011 to shareholders of record on October 5, 2011, representing an ex-dividend date of October 3, 2011.... more
The National Security Group, Inc. Declares Cash Dividend
On July 22, 2011, the Board of Directors of The National Security Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSEC) declared a quarterly dividend of $.15 per share. This cash dividend is payable on August 31, 2011 to shareholders of record August 8, 2011. With its home office in Elba, Alabama, The National Security Group, Inc. is an insurance holding company. Company shares are traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol NSEC.... more
Penske Automotive Increases Dividend
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: PAG), an international automotive retailer, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.08 per share, representing an increase of 14% over the $0.07 dividend paid in the previous quarter.... more
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
The Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE/Euronext Paris: CCE) Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 13 cents per common share. The dividend is payable September 22, 2011 to shareowners of record on September 9, 2011.... more
Wells Fargo & Company Announces Third Quarter Dividend
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced a common stock dividend for the third quarter of $0.12 per share. The dividend is payable September 1, 2011, to stockholders of record on August 5, 2011. Wells Fargo & Company has approximately 5.3 billion shares outstanding.... more
GSK Showers Shareholders With Cash
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) , the U.K.'s largest pharmaceutical company, has released its second-quarter results. Thanks to rising earnings and dividends, its shares remain attractively priced, particularly to income-seeking investors. GSK goes for growthGSK reported second-quarter sales down 2% to 6.7 billion pounds. However, after stripping out sales of pandemic-related products, diabetes drugAvandiaand herpes medicationValtrex, underlying sales growth rose by 5%.... more
5 Dividend Stocks to Hold Forever
Investment Underground took a look at some of the most consistent dividend payers in its coverage universe. Here is what we found: Exxon Mobil (XOM) XOM is an American oil and gas company, with presence in all the five habitable continents. It is involved in exploration of oil and natural gas, production of petroleum and chemical products and transportation, marketing and selling of these products. XOM is one of the biggest companies in the world with revenues bigger than GDP of many countries. Over the last 10 years XOM has increased its EPS at a rate of 12.45% compounded annually. XOM has not a skipped a dividend for over 100 years and has increased its dividend consistently for the past 28 years. Over the last five years its average dividend growth rate has been approximately 7%... more