Charter Financial (CHFN) Declares $0.05 Quarterly Dividend; 2.4% Yield
Charter Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CHFN) announced Tuesday that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 5 cents per share, 20 cents annualized. The dividend is payable on December 30, 2010, to stockholders of record December 10, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 8. 2010. The yield is 2.4%... more
Eastern Insurance (EIHI) Declares $0.07 Quarterly Dividend; 2.5% Yield
Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EIHI) ("EIHI") announced today that its board of directors has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per common share, $0.28 annualized. The dividend is payable December 24, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 10, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 8, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.5%.... more
SkyWest (SKYW) Declares $0.04 Quarterly Dividend; 1.0% Yield
SkyWest, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKYW) announced Tuesday that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $.04 per share, $0.16 annualized. The dividend will be payable January 6, 2011 to shareholders of record on December 31, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 29, 2010. The yield is 1.0%... more
Raven Industries (RAVN) Declares $0.16 Quarterly Dividend; 1.4% Yield
Raven Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAVN) announced today that its board of directors has approved the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per common share, $0.64 annualized. The dividend is payable January 14, 2011, to shareholders of record on December 31, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.4%.... more
Heartland Express (HTLD) Declares $0.02 Quarterly Dividend; 0.5% Yield
Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) declares a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per common share, $0.08 annualized. The dividend will be paid on December 20, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 10, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 8, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.5%.... more
Educational Development (EDUC) Raises Qtr. Dividend by 25% to 15c/Share, Yielding 9.38%
Educational Development Corp. (Nasdaq: EDUC) just announced that its Board has raised its quarterly dividend by 25% from 12c to 15c per common share. The dividend is payable on December 17 to shareholders of record on December 10. The ex-dividend date is Dec. 8. Based on yesterday's closing price of $6.40, the dividend yield moves from 7.50% to 9.38%.... more
MTS Systems (MTSC) Increases Quarterly Dividend 33% to $0.20; Yields 2.1%
MTS Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: MTSC) declares a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per common share, $0.80 annualized. The dividend is a 33% increase from the current rate of $0.15. The dividend is payable January 3, 2011, to shareholders of record as of December 13, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 9, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.1%.... more
First Merchants (FRME) Declares $0.01 Quarterly Dividend; 0.5% Yield
First Merchants Corporation (Nasdaq: FRME) declared a cash dividend on November 29, 2010 of $0.01 per share, $0.04 annualized. The dividend is payable on December 20, 2010, to shareholders of record on December 6, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 4, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.5%.... more
Rising Star Buy: Sabra Health Care REIT
This article is part of our Rising Star Portfolios Series. I like companies that put cash back into my portfolio, and that's part of the reason I'm buying Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) for my Rising Stars Portfolio. The company is a recent spinoff of Sun Healthcare (SUNH) and is poised to take advantage of the ailing commercial property market as it ramps up its own operations under former Sun CEO Richard Matros.... more
ConAgra Foods (CAG) Declares $0.23 Quarterly Dividend; 4.3% Yield
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) approved a dividend payment of $0.23 per common share, $0.92 annualized. The dividend is to be paid on March 2, 2011, to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 31, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 27, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.3%.... more