Solar Capital Announces June 30, 2011 Financial Results, NII $0.59 Per Share; Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.60 Per Share

Solar Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: SLRC), today reported net investment income (NII) of $0.59 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2011, with a net asset value (NAV) per share of $23.22 and net income per share of $0.34. Solar Capital also announced that its Board of Directors has declared a third quarter dividend of $0.60 per share, payable on October 4, 2011 to stockholders of record on September 20, 2011. The Company expects the dividend to be paid from taxable earnings with specific tax characteristics reported to stockholders after the end of the calendar year.... more

Comfort Systems USA Declares Quarterly Dividend

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (NYSE: FIX), a leading provider of commercial, industrial and institutional heating, ventilation and air conditioning (“HVAC”) services, today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on Comfort Systems USA, Inc. common stock. The dividend is payable on September 16, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 26, 2011.... more

Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.42 Per Share

Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (NYSE: PCL) today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.42 per share. The dividend is payable on August 31, 2011, to shareholders of record as of August 16, 2011. Plum Creek’s dividend is expected to be characterized as long-term capital gain income primarily because the income generated by the sale of Plum Creek’s timber is considered long-term capital gain. As such, Plum Creek’s dividend is expected to be taxed at a maximum rate of 15 percent for most U.S. taxpayers.... more

CSS Industries, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

CSS Industries, Inc. (NYSE: CSS) today announced the declaration of a quarterly dividend of fifteen cents per share on its outstanding shares of Common Stock. This dividend will be payable on September 15, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 1, 2011.... more

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS) today declared a quarterly dividend of eleven cents ($0.11) per share on the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock payable on September 2, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 22, 2011.... more

Alterra Capital Announces $0.14 Dividend

Alterra Capital Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: ALTE), (BSX: ALTE.BH) (“Alterra”) announced today that Alterra’s Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.14 per share, an increase of $0.02 per share, or 16.7%, from the previous dividend. This is the tenth consecutive year of increasing quarterly dividend payments. The dividend is payable on August 30, 2011, to shareholders of record as of August 16, 2011.... more

Intersections Inc. Announces 33 Percent Dividend Increase

Intersections Inc. (Nasdaq: INTX), announced today its Board of Directors approved a 33 percent increase in the company's regular quarterly dividend for the third quarter 2011. The third quarter 2011 dividend of $.20 per share will be paid on September 9, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 31, 2011. Based on the closing price on Monday, August 1, 2011 of $19.41 per share, the $.20 per share dividend for the third quarter 2011 represents an effective annual dividend yield of 4.12%.... more

Hampden Bancorp, Inc. Reports Year End Results, Announces Date of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and Declares Cash Dividend

Hampden Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq - HBNK), which is the holding company for Hampden Bank (the “Bank”), announced the results of operations for the three and twelve months ended June 30, 2011.... more

When You're Worried, Try High Dividend Stocks With Strong Charts

We seem to be at a crossroads now. The uptrend in the SPY is still intact, but it is barely intact. The SPY is butting “down” against its 200-day SMA again. If it travels far below the 200-day SMA, the uptrend may be broken. I know I am worried. I am sure others are too. In this situation, what can you do? Should you hide you head in the sand (or cash)? Or is it perhaps a better strategy to look for high dividend payers with strong charts? If these stocks edge down, you can still collect the substantial dividends they pay. If they have strong charts, they may keep going up even in a downturn. Even if their prices fade a bit, they will likely rebound as quickly or more than other stocks. A few of these stocks are Altria Group (MO), Southern Company (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), Reynolds... more

3 Market-Leading Dividend Growth Stocks

Equity markets have felt like a roller coaster this spring and summer, with major US indices bouncing between technical highs and lows. While we continue to trade in a broad range, I thought it would be helpful to identify dividend stocks that have bucked the trend and have show relative strength over the past three, six, and 12 months. I started with the US Dividend Champions and Contenders as compiled by DRIP Investing. Dividend Champions are stocks which have raised their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years and Contenders have raised dividends for the past 10-24 years. This differs from my High Yield/High Momentum strategy, which simply looks for the highest-yielding high momentum stocks in the S&P 500. The objective here is to find stocks with a history of dividend increases,... more