Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB) Declares $0.12 Quarterly Dividend; 10.3% Yield; Reaffrims Dividend Policy

The Board of Directors of The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (NYSE: GAB) reaffirmed its 10% distribution policy and declared a $0.12 per share cash distribution, $0.48 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 23, 2010 to common stock shareholders of record on September 16, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 14, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 10.3%. The Fund intends to pay a quarterly distribution of an amount determined each quarter by the Board of Directors. Under the Fund’s current distribution policy, the Fund intends to pay a minimum annual distribution of 10% of the average net asset value of the Fund within a calendar year or an amount sufficient to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, whichever is greater. The average net... more

FirstMerit Corp. (FMER) Declares $0.16 Quarterly Dividend; 3.6% Yield

FirstMerit Corporation (Nasdaq: FMER) today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per common share, $0.64 annualized. The dividend is payable September 20, 2010, to shareholders of record on August 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 26, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.6%.... more

American Financial Group (AFG) Increases Annual Dividend 18.2% to $0.65; Yields

American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in the Company’s annual dividend from $0.55 to $0.65 per share of common stock. The increased dividend, when declared, will be paid on a quarterly basis of $0.1625 per share of common stock beginning in October 2010. The new dividend rate represents an 18% increase over the annual rate paid thus far in 2010.... more

Marshall & Ilsley (MI) Declares $0.01 Quarterly Dividend; 0.8% Yield

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE: MI) (M&I) today announced its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share, $0.04 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 10, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 30, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.8%.... more

Getty Realty Corp. (GTY) Increases Quarterly Dividend 1.1% to $0.48; Yields 8%

Getty Realty Corp. (NYSE: GTY) announced that at the Board of Directors meeting held earlier today the Directors unanimously approved the declaration of a quarterly Common Stock dividend in the amount of $0.48 per share, $1.92 annualized. The dividend is payable on October 14, 2010 to holders of record on September 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 28, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 8%.... more

FBL Financial Group (FFG) Declares $0.0625 Quarterly Dividend; 1.1% Yield

FBL Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FFG) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0625 per share, $0.25 annualized. The dividend will be payable on September 30, 2010 to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 13, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.1%.... more

Home Depot (HD) Declares $0.23625 Quarterly Dividend; 3.4% Yield

The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) today announced that its board of directors declared a second quarter cash dividend of $0.23625 per share, $0.945 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 16, 2010 to shareholders of record on the close of business on September 2, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 31, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.4%.... more

First Capital (FCAP) Increases Quarterly Dividend 5.6% to $0.19; Yields 5%

First Capital, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCAP) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock, $0.76 annualized. The dividend is a 5.6% increase over the previous annualized rate of $0.72. The dividend will be paid on September 30, 2010 to shareholders of record as of September 16, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 14, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 5%.... more

SWS Group (SWS) Declares $0.09 Quarterly Dividend; 4.7% Yield; CEO Don Hultgren Resigns

SWS Group, Inc. (NYSE: SWS) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share, $0.36 annualized. The dividend will be payable on October 1, 2010 to common shareholders of record as of September 15, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 13, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.7%.... more

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) Declares a Quarterly Dividend of $0.40; Yields 2%

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE: MLM), today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per common share, $1.60 annualized. This dividend, which represents a cash dividend of $1.60 per share on an annualized basis, is payable September 30, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 30, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2%.... more