The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company Announces Quarterly Dividend

The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 47 cents per common share. The dividend is payable Oct. 1, 2011, to shareowners of record as of Sept. 15, 2011.... more

MicroFinancial Incorporated Announces Cash Dividend

MicroFinancial Incorporated (Nasdaq: MFI) announced today that the Board of Directors of MicroFinancial Incorporated declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per common share payable on August 15, 2011, to holders of record of MFI common stock at the close of business on August 1, 2011. This dividend represents the same amount per common share as the last dividend paid by MFI, in May 2011.... more

Anworth Announces Preferred Dividends and Increase to Series B Preferred Stock Conversion Rate

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (NYSE: ANH) announced today that, in accordance with the terms of Anworth’s 8.625% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, or Series A Preferred Stock, the board of directors declared a Series A Preferred Stock dividend of $0.539063 per share for the third quarter of 2011. The Series A Preferred Stock dividend is payable on October 17, 2011 to holders of record of Series A Preferred Stock as of the close of business on September 30, 2011. The dividend reflects the period from July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011.... more

Sensient Declares Dividend

The Board of Directors of Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SXT) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.21 per share. The cash dividend will be paid on September 1, 2011, to shareholders of record on August 8, 2011.... more

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (Nasdaq Global Select Market:PGC) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share on its common stock. The dividend will be paid on August 18, 2011, to shareholders of record as of August 4, 2011.... more

Large Cap Canadian Railroad Dividend Growth Review

Railway companies are considered conservative investments. In the United States and Canada, rail is primarily used to transport materials, machinery and other heavy goods. Rail is considered an economical method of transporting and a business that will grow in need over time. There are two large-cap Canadian rail companies that are traded in the United States. These Canadian companies have less exposure to the value of the U.S. dollar, and may actually improve in situations where the dollar loses value. A weaker U.S. dollar should mean a stronger Canadian dollar and an improved share-yield when calculated in U.S. dollars. Below are the current yields and 2011-to-date performances for the two large-cap Canadian railroads that are publicly traded in the U.S., along with their five-year... more

New York Community Bancorp: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYCB) stacks up in four critical areas to determine whether it's a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making.
1. Yield
First 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

The Extraordinary Power of Dividends: JPMorgan Chase Edition

"Dividends?" he asked. "I'm trying to make my clients wealthy. You don't do that waiting for tiny checks in the mailbox every quarter." Even then, I had enough horse sense to know he was wrong. Paying attention to dividends is exactly how you become wealthy over time.... more

6 Strong Companies With Double Digit Dividend Growth

Investors that are in the accumulation phase of their portfolio have the flexibility to seek high total returns from their investments rather than requiring high current yields. Companies with moderate dividend yields and substantial dividend growth rates have many of the benefits of dividend paying companies, while also achieving a significant amount of company growth. There are some high-yielding companies and partnerships that also offer high dividend growth, but most commonly, high dividend growth is found among low and moderate yielding dividend stocks with low payout ratios. I personally utilize a mix of low, moderate, and high yielding investments. Presented below is a list of potentially attractive dividend investments that have enjoyed double-digit compounded dividend growth over... more

Golden Enterprises Announces Quarterly Dividend

Golden Enterprises, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: GLDC) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $.03125 per share payable August 10, 2011 to stockholders of record on August 1, 2011.... more