Williams (WMB) Declares $0.125 Quarterly Dividend; 2.1% Yield

Williams' (NYSE: WMB) board of directors has approved a regular dividend of $0.125 on the company's common stock, $0.50 annualized. The dividend is payable on December 27, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 10. The ex-dividend date is December 8, 2010. The yield is 2.1%.... more

Brady Corp. (BRC) Declares $0.18 Quarterly Dividend; 2.3% Yield

Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC) declares a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per Class A common share, $0.72 annualized. The dividend is payable January 31, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 10, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 8, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.3%.... more

Books-A-Million (BAMM) Reports Q3 Loss of 11c; Declares 5c/Share Qtr. Dividend

Books-A-Million Inc. (Nasdaq: BAMM) reports Q3 loss of $0.11, versus a loss of $0.10 reported for the same period a year ago. Revenue for the quarter was $104.8 million, compared to $110.9 million in Q309. Declares a 5c/share quarterly dividend.... more

Ruddick (RDK) Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend By $0.01 Per Share

Ruddick Corporation (NYSE: RDK) declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.13 per share to be paid on January 1, 2011, to shareholders of record on December 10, 2010. This represents a $0.01 increase from the $0.12 per share that the Company paid in previous quarters.... more

Campbell Soup (CPB) Increases Quarterly Dividend 5% to $0.29; Yields 3.4%

Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) declares a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per common share, $1.16 annualized. The dividend is a 5% increase over the current rate of $0.275. The dividend is payable on January 31, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 23, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.4%.... more

National Oilwell (NOV) Increases Quarterly Dividend 10% to $0.11; Yields 0.7%

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) declares a quarterly dividend of $0.11 per common share, $0.44 annualized. The dividend is a 10% increase from the current rate of $0.10. The dividend is payable on December 17, 2010 to each stockholder of record on December 3, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 1, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.7%.... more

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Declares $0.0045 Quarterly Dividend; 0.1% Yield

Southwest Airlines' (NYSE: LUV) Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0045 per common share, $0.018 annualized. The dividend is payable January 6, 2011, to Shareholders of record at the close of business on December 9, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 7, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.1%.... more

NSTAR (NST) Increases Quarterly Dividend 6.3% to $0.425; Yields 4.1%

NSTAR (NYSE: NST) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.425 per common share, $1.70 annualized. The dividend is a 6.3% increase from the current rate of $0.40. The dividend is payable February 1, 2011 to shareholders of record as of January 7, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 5, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.1%.... more

Harsco Corp. (HSC) Declares $0.205 Quarterly Dividend; 3.5% Yield

Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.205 per share, $0.82 annualized. The dividend is payable February 15, 2011 to stockholders of record as of January 14, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 13, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.5%.... more

Clorox: 41% Effective Yield on a Blue Chip Stock

Although there are always exceptions to the rule, good long term track records are important. And when you look at dividend increasing stocks, that can be very true, especially those that have raised their dividends for many years, such as 3M Company (MMM), Stanley Works (SWK) and Abbott Laboratories (ABT). One of the stocks that shows up on the WallStreetNewsNetwork.com list of dividend increasing stocks is Clorox (CLX), which has increased its dividend for 33 years in a row, and provides a current yield of 3.5%. But the interesting feature about dividend raisers is that the effective yield based on cost basis is much higher.... more