Dream Stocks for Dividend Investors

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Ennis (EBF) Declares $0.155 Quarterly Dividend; 4% Yield

Ennis, Inc. (NYSE: EBF) announced today that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.155 per share on its common stock, or $0.62 annualized. The dividend is payable August 2, 2010 to shareholders of record on July 12, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 8, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4%.... more

Anworth Mortgage Asset (ANH) Cuts Dividend 7.4% to $0.25; 13.8% Yield

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (NYSE: ANH) announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.25 per share, or $1.00 annualized. The common stock dividend is payable on July 27, 2010 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on July 9, 2010. The ex-dividend date is july 7, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 13.8%.... more

Newcastle Investment (NCT) Will Not Pay Q210 Dividend

Newcastle Investment Corp. (NYSE: NCT) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected not to pay a common stock or preferred stock dividend for the second quarter of 2010. The Company decided to retain capital for liquidity, investment and working capital purposes.... more

Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) Declares $0.23 Quarterly Dividend; 3.8% Yield

Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDGE) declares a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share, or $0.92 annualized. The dividend will be payable on July 27, 2010 to shareholders of record as of July 13, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 9, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.8%.... more

Benchmarking Dividend Income

The investment returns of most fund managers are generally compared against a common benchmark. This provides for an objective evaluation of their performance over a period of time. A common benchmark for most mutual fund managers is the total returns of the S&P 500 index. This benchmark is also useful for comparison to dividend investors as well. For many long-term dividend investors however, income growth is very important as well. Thus having an increase or decrease in dividend incomes does not mean much, unless it is being compared to a common benchmark. While there have been several dividend indexes such as the Dividend Aristocrats and the Dividend Achievers, which have dividend ETFs that provide accurate information on dividend and price returns, these have not been around as much... more

General Mills Ups Dividend, Authorizes Share Repurchase

The Board of Directors of General Mills Inc. (GIS) announced a new share repurchase program and increase in dividend. General Mills received an authorization from its Board to repurchase about 100 million shares. The new program replaces the previous authorization approved in December 2006, and has no expiration date. During the first nine months of fiscal 2010, General Mills repurchased 5.5 million of the company's shares at a price of $58.49 per share.... more

Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC) Declares $0.03 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield

Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc., the mid-tier holding company of Pathfinder Bank (Nasdaq: PBHC) has announced that the Company has declared a cash dividend of $0.03 per share on the Company's common stock, or $0.12 annualized. The dividend will be payable to all shareholders of record on July 15, 2010 and will be paid on August 2, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2%.... more

RGC Resources (RGCO) Declares $0.33 Quarterly Dividend; 4.2% Yield

RGC Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGCO), at its meeting on June 28, 2010, declared a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share, or $1.32 annualized. The dividend will be paid on August 1, 2010 to shareholders of record on July 16, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 14, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.2%.... more

Williams Controls (WMCO) Declares $1.00 Cash Dividend

Williams Controls, Inc. (Nasdaq: WMCO) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $1.00 per share on the Company's outstanding common shares, payable on July 28, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 14, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 12, 2010. The Company has not yet determined whether, or to what extent, this distribution would be taxable as a dividend or be treated as a return of capital.... more