Aspen Declares Dividends on Ordinary Shares, Perpetual PIERS and Perpetual Preference Shares

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (the “Company”) (NYSE: AHL) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on its ordinary shares of US$0.15 per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on August 26, 2011 to the holders of record as of the close of trading on August 11, 2011.... more

5 Stocks With Rapid Dividend Growth and Bullish Short Trends

One helpful indicator for the sentiment surrounding a stock is short selling – when there are fewer shares shorted, the market is generally more bullish about a stock, and vice-versa. We wanted to screen dividend stocks (paying dividend yields above 2% and sustainable payout ratios below 35%) for those that are seeing rapid dividend growth, comparing the trailing-twelve-month dividend per share to the current year dividend per share estimate.Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research.Your browser does not support iframes. We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and monitored the performance of the list relative to the... more

Exxon Mobil Corporation Declares Third Quarter Dividend

The Board of Directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) today declared a cash dividend of 47 cents per share on the Common Stock, payable on September 9, 2011 to shareholders of record of Common Stock at the close of business on August 12, 2011.... more

Standex Declares 188th Quarterly Cash Dividend

Standex International Corporation (NYSE: SXI) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share, which is payable August 25, 2011 to shareholders of record August 9, 2011.... more

LCNB Corp. Files to Revise Dividend Reinvestment Plan

LCNB Corp. (OTCBB: LCNB) LCNB Corp. filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission today to register 400,000 shares for use in the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan, satisfying shareholder requests to reinvest their dividends in additional ownership of the Company. The Company expects to use the proceeds of the reinvested shares to add to the capital invested in the business and further general corporate purposes.... more

Alexander’s Declares Quarterly $3.00 Dividend on Common Shares

Alexander’s, Inc. (NYSE: ALX) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $3.00 per share payable August 19, 2011 to stockholders of record on August 9, 2011.... more

The Most Promising Dividends in Business Equipment

Yields and growth rates and payout ratios, oh my!Before we get to those companies, though, you should understand just why you'd want to own dividend payers. These stocks can contribute a huge chunk of growth to your portfolio in good times, and bolster it during market downturns. As my colleague Matt Koppenheffer has noted: "Between 2000 and 2009, the average dividend-adjusted return on stocks with market caps above $5 billion and a trailing yield of 2.5% or better was a whopping 114%. Compare that to a 19% drop for the S&P 500."... more

6 Dividend Stocks With High Profit Margins

It's not too surprising that some of the highest profit margin businesses out there are some of the most well-known. When a business can maintain a high profit margin, it often implies that it has a significant competitive advantage over its competitors. If this wasn't the case, then competitors would have chipped into those margins. But it's not quite as fair as that, because some industries simply offer profit margins that are far higher than other industries. Established companies in the healthcare or technology sectors almost always have higher margins than retailers and food producers, for instance. It's more meaningful to take into account both the absolute profit margin and the profit margin relative to its peers. It's also extremely useful to look at return on equity to see how... more

National Penn Bancshares, Inc. Increases Cash Dividend to Three Cents Per Common Share

The Board of Directors of National Penn Bancshares, Inc. (NPBC) has declared an increased third quarter cash dividend of three cents per share payable to shareholders of record as of August 6, 2011. The cash dividend will be paid August 17, 2011.... more

Walgreen: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how Walgreen (NYSE: WBA) stacks up in four critical areas to determine whether it's a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making. 1. YieldFirst and foremost, dividend investors like a large forward yield. But if a yield gets too high, it may reflect investors' doubts about the payout's sustainability. If investors had confidence in the stock, they'd be buying it, driving up the share price and shrinking the yield.... more