3 Dividends on High Alert
Dividends are once again in vogue. But unlike the return of skinny jeans -- particularly for males -- I’m pretty stoked about dividends. I think there are a host of reasons that this seeming relic of the investment world is once again being prized. For one, it’s tough to be a company primarily skilled in financial shenanigans and consistently pay a dividend. After all, when you make your distributions you actually have to distribute cash to your shareholders.... more
3 Beaten-Down Dividend Payers
Here at the Fool, we look for companies that are not only producing and growing earnings, but are producing and growing cash. After all, it’s cash that lets a company reinvest in future growth and it’s cash that we investors receive through dividends and share repurchases. To find some of those generating the green stuff so that they can give it to us, I set up a simple screen:... more
Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) Declares $0.30 Quarterly Dividend; 2.2% Yield
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE: ELS) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.30 per share, $1.20 annualized. The dividend will be paid on October 8, 2010 to shareholders of record on September 24, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 22, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.2%.... more
Sigma-Aldrich (SIAL) Declares $0.16 Quarterly Dividend; 1.2% Yield
Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share, $0.64 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 15, 2010 to shareholders of record on September 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 30, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.2%.... more
Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Declares $0.18 Quarterly Dividend; 5% Yield
Valley National Bancorp (NYSE: VLY) announced today that a common stock cash dividend of $0.18 per share, $0.72 annualized. The dividend will be paid October 1, 2010 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 13, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 5%.... more
Loews Corp. (L) Declares $0.0625 Quarterly Dividend; 0.7% Yield
Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) announced today the declaration of the Company’s quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share of Common Stock, $0.25 annualized. The dividend is payable September 14, 2010 to shareholders of record on September 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 30, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.7%.... more
SunTrust Banks (STI) Declares $0.01 Quarterly Dividend; 0.2% Yield
SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per common share, $0.04 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on September 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 30, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.2%.... more
CNB Financial (CCNE) Declares $0.165 Quarterly Dividend; 5.2% Yield
CNB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CCNE) has announced the declaration of $0.165 per share quarterly dividend, $0.66 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 15, 2010 to shareholders of record on August 31, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 27, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 5.2%.... more
Questar Corp. (STR) Increases Quarterly Dividend 7.7% to $0.14; Yields 3.3%
Questar Corp. (NYSE: STR) board of directors today approved a $0.14 quarterly common stock dividend, $0.56 annualized. The dividend, payable September 13, 2010, to shareholders of record on August 20, 2010, is a $0.01 increase from the previous quarter. The ex-dividend date is August 18, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.3%.... more
Kaman Corp. (KAMN) Declares $0.14 Quarterly Dividend; 2.3% Yield
The Kaman Corporation (Nasdaq: KAMN) board of directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.14 per common share, $0.56 annualized. The dividend will be paid on October 25, 2010 to shareholders of record on October 11, 2010. The ex-dividend date is October 7, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.3%.... more