Nationwide Health Properties (NHP) Increases Quarterly Dividend 2.2% to $0.46; Yields 4.8%

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NHP) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly common stock cash dividend of $0.46 per share, a $0.01 increase from the prior quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share. The annualized rate on the dividend is $1.84. The dividend will be paid on September 3, 2010 to stockholders of record on August 20, 2010, with an ex-dividend date of August 18, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.8%.... more

Ensco (ESV) Declares $0.35 Quarterly Dividend; 3.2% Yield

Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.35 per Class A ordinary share, $1.40 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 17, 2010, to holders of Ensco’s American Depositary Shares (ADSs) as of the September 6, 2010, with an ex-dividend date of September 2, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.2%.... more

W. R. Berkley (WRB) Declares $0.07 Quarterly Dividend; 1% Yield; Increases Stock Buyback to 10M Common

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.07 per share, $0.28 annualized. The dividend is to be paid on October 1, 2010 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 10, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 8, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1%. In addition, the Board of Directors has increased the Company’s share repurchase authorization to 10 million shares of common stock. The increased authorization represents approximately 7 percent of the Company’s shares outstanding at June 30, 2010. Repurchases may be made from time to time at prevailing prices in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions... more

AmTrust Financial Services (AFSI) Declares $0.07 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFSI) today announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per common share, $0.28 annualized. The dividend will be payable on October 15, 2010 to shareholders of record as of October 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2%.... more

K-Fed Bancorp (KFED) Declares $0.11 Quarterly Dividend; 5.1% Yield

K-Fed Bancorp (KFED) announced today its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per common share, $0.44 annualized.
The dividend will be paid on August 31, 2010 to the shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 17, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 13, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 5.1%.... more

Aqua America (WTR) Increases Quarterly Dividend 6.9% to $0.155; 3.1% Yield

Aqua America’s (NYSE: WTR) Board of Directors today declared a dividend increase of $0.01 per share from $0.145 per share to $0.155 per common share, $0.62 annualized. The dividend is payable December 1, 2010, to all shareholders of record on November 17, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 15, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.1%... more

Actuant Corp. (ATU) Declares $0.04 Quarterly Dividend; 0.8% Yield

Actuant Corporation (NYSE: ATU) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a cash dividend of $0.04 per common share on the Company’s common stock, $0.16 annualized. The dividend id payable on October 15, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 28, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.8%.... more

National Interstate (NATL) Posts Q2 EPS of $0.39, Shy of Views; Declares $0.08 Quarterly Dividend; 1.4% Yield

National Interstate (Nasdaq: NATL) reports Q2 EPS of $0.39, versus the analyst estimate of $0.50. The Company's Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share, $0.32 annualized. The cash dividend will be payable on September 10, 2010 to shareholders of record of the Company's common stock as of the close of business on August 27, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 25, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.4%.... more

Baldwin & Lyons (BWINA) Declares $0.25 Quarterly Dividend; 4.6% Yield

Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. (Nasdaq: BWINA) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 per common share, $1.00 annualized. The dividend per share will be payable August 31, 2010 to shareholders of record on August 17, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 13, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.6%.... more

Five Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Second Week of August

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