Mead Johnson (MJN) Declares $0.225 Quarterly Dividend; 1.6% Yield

Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN) announced today that its board of directors had declared a regular quarterly common stock dividend of $0.225 per share, $0.90 annualized. The dividend will be paid on October 1, 2010, to shareholders of record at close of business on September 24, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 22, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.6%.... more

Air Products (APD) Declares $0.49 Quarterly Dividend; 2.4% Yield

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.49 per share of common stock, $1.96 annualized. The dividend is payable on November 8, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.4%.... more

Abbott (ABT) Decclares $0.44 Quarterly Dividend; 3.4% Yield

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today declared a quarterly common dividend of $0.44 per share, $1.76 annualized. The cash dividend is payable Nov. 15, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Oct. 15, 2010. The ex-dividend date is October 13, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.4%.... more

Two Smaller Dividend Payers Worth a Longer Look

Many dividend investors naturally have a big portfolio allocation for large-cap stocks. Large-cap stocks are generally corporations that have been around for a long time, have huge revenue streams, and have an established and impressive record of dividend payments to shareholders, so it’s only normal that dividend investors (including me) will be attracted to them. When looking for companies with very long records of increasing dividend payments, the list will include many large companies. With decades of dividend growth, how could they not be large? And yet, when we look at one of these large companies, and in particular large companies that provided above-average total returns to shareholders for several decades in a row, what we’re really looking at is the history of a transition... more

American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Declares $0.11 Quarterly Dividend; 3% Yield

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share, $0.44 annualized. The dividend was declared and is payable on October 8, 2010 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 27, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 23, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3%.... more

PG&E Corp. (PCG) Declares $0.455 Quarterly Dividend; 4% Yield

PG&E Corporation's (NYSE: PCG) third quarter 2010 regular cash dividend of $0.455 per Common share, $1.82 annualized. The dividend will be payable on October 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on September 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 28, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4%.... more

CVB Financial (CVBF) Declares $0.085 Quarterly Dividend; 4.7% Yield

CVB Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: CVBF) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.085 per share, $0.34 annualized. The dividend will be payable on or about October 14, 2010 to shareholders of record as of September 29, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 27, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.7%.... more

4 Solid Pharmaceutical Dividend Plays

Dividends are always great. They provide consistent income and can help improve the total return on an investment. The market is currently serving up some great dividend stocks in the healthcare industry. Each of these stocks have yields that are 4% or greater. That’s much better than the return that you will get on any savings account, certificate of deposit or treasury bond.... more

BT Group: Deep Value Stock Sports a Hefty Dividend

Here's a stock I found on the weekend's screen for Total Return Ratio. The company is BT Group (BT). BT is a UK-based provider of communications solutions and services operating in more than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.... more

Four Stocks Going Ex-Dividend the Fourth Week of September

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, your have to be extremely careful. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps... more