KB Home (KBH) Declares $0.0625 Quarterly Dividend; 1.6% Yield

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0625 per share on the Company’s common stock, $0.25 annualized. The dividend is payable on February 17, 2011 to stockholders of record on February 3, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 1, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.6%.... more

New Jersey Resources (NJR) Declares $0.36 Quarterly Dividend; 3.4% Yield

New Jersey Resources (NYSE: NJR) has unanimously declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $0.36 per share, $1.44 annualized. The dividend will be payable on April 1, 2011, to shareowners of record on March 15, 2011. The ex-dividend date is March 11, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 3.4%.... more

Arch Chemicals (ARJ) Declares $0.20 Quarterly Dividend; 2.1% Yield

Arch Chemicals (NYSE: ARJ) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock, $0.80 annualized. The dividend is payable on March 15, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 15, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 11, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 2.1%.... more

Brown-Forman (BF-B) Declares $0.32 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield

Brown-Forman’s (NYSE: BF-B) (NYSE: BF-A) Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.32 cents per share, $1.28 annualized. Stockholders of record on March 9, 2011 will receive the cash dividend on April 1, 2011. The ex-dividend date is March 30, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.9%.... more

Pepco Holdings (POM) Declares $0.27 Quarterly Dividend; 5.7% Yield

Pepco Holdings, Inc.’s (NYSE: POM) Board of Directors today declared a dividend on common stock of $0.27 per share, $1.08 annualized. The dividend is payable March 31, 2011, to shareholders of record on March 10, 2011. The ex-dividend date is March 8, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 5.7%.... more

Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR) Declares $0.45 Quarterly Dividend; 3.1% Yield

The Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE: CFR) board of directors declared a first quarter cash dividend of $0.45 per common share, $1.80 annualized. The dividend is payable March 15, 2011 to shareholders of record on March 1, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 25, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 3.1%.... more

MarkWest Energy Partners (MWE) Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend by 2%

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE) declared a cash distribution of $0.65 per common unit for the fourth quarter of 2010, for an implied annual rate of $2.60 per common unit. The fourth quarter 2010 distribution represents an increase of $0.01 per common unit, or 2 percent, compared to the fourth quarter 2009 distribution and an increase of $0.01 per common unit compared to the third quarter 2010 distribution.... more

Gorman-Rupp (GRC) Declares $0.105 Quarterly Dividend; 1.3% Yield

The Gorman-Rupp Company (AMEX: GRC) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.105 per common share, $0.42 annualized. The dividend is payable March 10, 2011, to shareholders of record February 15, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 11, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.3%.... more

Sanderson Farms (SAFM) Declares $0.17 Quarterly Dividend; 1.6% Yield

Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAFM) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share, $0.68 annualized. The dividend is payable February 22, 2011, to stockholders of record on February 8, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 4, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.6%.... more

Lockheed Martin (LMT) Declares $0.75 Quarterly Dividend; 3.8% Yield

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a first quarter 2011 dividend of $0.75 per share, $3.00 annualized. The dividend is payable on March 25, 2011 to holders of record as of the close of business on March 1, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 25, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 3.8%.... more