Electro-Sensors (ELSE) Declares $0.04 Quarterly Dividend; 3.6% Yield

Electro-Sensors, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELSE) announced today that the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.04 per share, $0.16 annualized. The dividend is payable on August 20, 2010, to shareholders of record on August 6, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 4, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.6%.... more

Xilinx Inc. (XLNX) Posts Q1 EPS of $0.58, Tops by 5c; Declares $0.16 Quarterly Dividend; Sees Q211 Sales Up 3 - 7% Over Q111

Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) reports Q1 EPS of $0.58, 5 cents better than the analyst estimate of $0.53. Revenue for the quarter was $594.7 million, which compares to the estimate of $568.61 million. The Xilinx Board of Directors announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per outstanding share of common stock, payable on September 1, 2010 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on August 11, 2010. Sees Q211 sales up 3 - 7% sequentially.... more

Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (BRKL) Posts Q2 EPS of $0.12, Tops by 1c; Declares $0.085 Quarterly Dividend; 3.8% Yield

Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKL) reports Q2 EPS of $0.12, 1 cent better than the analyst estimate of $0.11. The Board of Directors of a regular quarterly dividend of $0.085 per share, $0.34 annualized. The dividend is payable on August 16, 2010 to stockholders of record on July 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 28, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.8%.... more

Covidien (COV) Declares $0.18 Quarterly Dividend; 1.8% Yield

Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per ordinary share, $0.72 annualized. The dividend is payable on August 20, 2010, to shareholders of record on August 2, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.8%.... more

R.R. Donnelley (RRD) Declares $0.26 Quarterly Dividend; 6.5% Yield

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (Nasdaq: RRD) today announced a regular quarterly dividend of $0.26 per common share, or $1.04 annualized. The dividend is payable September 1, 2010 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 5, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 3, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 6.5%.... more

Scholastic Corp. (SCHL) Declares $0.075 Quarterly Dividend; 1.2% Yield

Scholastic Corporation (Nasdaq: SCHL) announced that its Board of Directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share, $0.30 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 15, 2010 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 31, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 27, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.2%.... more

NewMarket (NEU) Authorizes $200M Buyback; Declares $0.375 Qtr. Dividend

NewMarket (NYSE: NEU) announces a $200 million buyback and declares a quarterly dividend of $0.375 per common share. The dividend is payable on Oct. 1 to shareholders of record on Sept. 15.... more

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) Increases Quarterly Dividend 30% to $0.13; Yields 2.1%

Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) has declared a cash dividend to its shareholders in the amount of $0.13 per common share, $0.52 annualized. The dividend will be paid on August 20, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 4, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 2, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.1%.... more

Omnicom Group (OMC) Declares $0.20 Quarterly Dividend; 2.2% Yield

Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per outstanding share of its common stock, $0.80 annualized. The dividend is payable on October 6, 2010 to Omnicom Group common shareholders of record at the close of business on September 22, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 20, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.2%.... more

45 Dividend Champions With Yields Higher Than Long-Term Treasuries

Today, 10-year Treasuries are yielding 2.99% and 30-year Treasuries are yielding 3.99%. If you are a long-term holder looking for income, that’s a long time to lock in your money at those yields. At the end of the term, you’ll get your principal back, but it will be shrunken by inflation. If you are looking to buy and sell these for profit, you will need to be very nimble, for as future Treasury yields go up, their principal value will go down. That is the inevitable see-saw relationship between the yields and prices of bonds. Strong arguments can be made that dividend-paying stocks would be better for long-term income-seekers. They have advantages over bonds, including:... more