National Instruments (NATI) Increases Quarterly Dividend 15.4% to $0.15; Yields 1.5%
National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) announces a cash dividend of $0.15 per common share, $0.60 annualized. The dividend is a 15.4% increase from the current rate of $0.13. The dividend is payable on February 21, to shareholders of record on February 4, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 2, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.5%.... more
Valero Energy (VLO) Approves $0.05 Per Share Qrtly Cash Dividend - Annual Yield 0.80%
Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of $0.05 per share. The dividend is payable on March 16, 2011 to holders of record at the close of business on February 16, 2011.... more
5 High Yield Dividend Growth Stocks
One of the basic and most important tenets of dividend investing is to seek stocks with a history of increasing dividends. Ideally, such stocks would also have a high dividend to reward investors for holding the stock. Starting with this basic premise, I used stockscreen123 to generate a list of high yield, dividend growth stocks which meet additional fundamental factors. I began by looking for stocks yielding at least 3% with a 1, 3, and 5 year annual dividend growth rate of at least 5%. The goal is to find stocks which pay a relatively "high" yield--given that 5 year Treasuries yield near 2%--with a recent history of increasing the dividend.... more
IBM (IBM) Declares $0.65 Quarterly Dividend; 1.6% Yield
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.65 per common share, $2.60 annualized. The dividend is payable March 10, 2011 to stockholders of record February 10, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 8, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.6%.... more
United States Steel (X) Declares $0.05 Quarterly Dividend; 0.4% Yield
United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.05 per common share, $0.20 annualized. The dividend is payable March 10, 2011, to stockholders of record at the close of business February 9, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 7, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 0.4%.... more
Norfolk Southern (NSC) Increases Quarterly Dividend 11% to $0.40; Yields 2.5%
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per common share, $1.60 annualized. The dividend is an 11% increase from the current rate of $0.36. The increased dividend is payable on March 10, 2011, to stockholders of record on Feb. 4, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 2, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 2.5%.... more
Heidrick & Struggles (HSII) Declares $0.13 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSII) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per share, $0.52 annualized. The dividend is payable on February 18, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 4, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 2, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.9%.... more
National Security (NSEC) Declares $0.15 Quarterly Dividend; 5% Yield
The National Security Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSEC), declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share, $0.60 annualized. The cash dividend is payable on February 28, 2011 to shareholders of record February 7, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 3, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 5%.... more
VIST Financial Corp. (VIST) Tops Q4 EPS by 2c; Declares $0.05 Quarterly Dividend; 2.4% Yield
VIST Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: VIST) reported Q4 EPS of $0.14, $0.02 better than the analyst estimate of $0.12. The company's board has declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share, $0.20 annualized. The dividend is payable February 15, 2011, to shareholders of record on February 4, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 2.4%.... more
AK Steel (AKS) Declares $0.05 Quarterly Dividend; 1.4% Yield
AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) announced today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock, $0.20 annualized. The dividend is payable on March 10, 2011 to shareholders of record on February 11, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 9, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.4%.... more