Harleysville Savings (HARL) Posts Flat Q4 Results; Declares $0.19 Quarterly Dividend; 5.2% Yield

Harleysville Savings Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: HARL) reports Q4 EPS of $0.33, versus $0.33 reported for the same period a year ago. declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share, $0.76 annualized. The cash dividend will be payable on February 23, 2011 to stockholders of record on February 9, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 7, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 5.2%.... more

Chevron (CVX) Declares $0.72 Quarterly Dividend; 3% Yield

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share, $2.88 annualized. The dividend is payable March 10, 2011, to holders of common stock as shown on the transfer records of the Corporation at the close of business on February 16, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 14, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 3%.... more

American Electric Power (AEP) Declares $0.46 Quarterly Dividend; 5.1% Yield

American Electric Power Co. (NYSE: AEP) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.46 per common share, $1.84 annualized. The dividend is payable March 10, 2011, to shareholders of record as of February 10, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 8, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 5.1%.... more

Wendy’s/Arby’s (WEN) Declares $0.02 Quarterly Dividend; 1.7% Yield

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. (NYSE: WEN) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share, $0.08 annualized. The dividend is payable on March 15, 2011 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. stockholders of record as of March 1, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 25, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.7%.... more

Exxon Mobil (XOM) Declares $0.44 Quarterly Dividend; 2.2% Yield

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) today declared a cash dividend of $0.44 per common share, $1.76 annualized. The dividend is payable on March 10, 2011 to shareholders of record of Common Stock at the close of business on February 10, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 8, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.2%.... more

McKesson Corp. (MCK) Declares $0.18 Quarterly Dividend; 1% Yield

McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) at its meeting today declared a regular dividend of $0.18 per common share, $0.72 annualized. The dividend is payable on April 1, 2011, to stockholders of record on March 1, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 25, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1%.... more

Arkansas Best (ABFS) Declares $0.03 Quarterly Dividend; 0.5% Yield

Arkansas Best Corporation (Nasdaq: ABFS) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per common share, $0.12 annualized. The dividend is on payable on February 23, 2011, to shareholders of recordas of February 9, 2011. The ex-dividend date is Feburuary 7, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 0.5%.... more

Value Meals: Dividends and Value in the Restaurant Business

ZenPrime recently screened stocks looking for those with value plus dividends in the restaurant industry. Our criteria for a screen was to look at companies with positive Return on Invested Capital that also provided a divided. Among the stocks that fall in this category, are there any attractive investments to be had? Our screen returned the following 11 stocks: Ark Restaurants Corp (ARKR), Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc (BAGL), Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (BOBE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc (CBRL), Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI), Brinker International, Inc. (EAT), Frisch's Restaurants Inc (FRS), McDonald's Corp. (MCD), P.F.Chang's China Bistro, Inc. (PFCB), Tim Hortons Inc. (THI), and finally Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM). On to the analysis ... Using analysts' 5-year growth... more

Perrigo (PRGO) Declares $0.07 Quarterly Dividend; 0.4% Yield

Perrigo Co. (Nasdaq: PRGO) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share, $0.28 annualized. The dividend is payable on March 15, 2011 to shareholders of record on February 25, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 23, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 0.4%.... more

Standex Int'l (SXI) Declares $0.06 Quarterly Dividend; 0.8% Yield

Standex International Corporation (NYSE: SXI) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share, $0.24 annualized. The dividend is payable February 25, 2011 to shareholders of record February 8, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 4, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 0.8%.... more