Pentair (PNR) Declares $0.19 Quarterly Dividend; 2.3% Yield

Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share, or $0.76 annualized. The dividend is payable August 13, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 28, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.3%.... more

FLY Leasing Ltd. (FLY) Declares $0.20 Quarterly Dividend; 7.6% Yield

FLY Leasing Limited (NYSE: FLY) ("FLY"), a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, today announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per common share, $0.80 annualized. The dividend will be paid on August 20, 2010 to shareholders of record on July 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 28, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 7.6%.... more

Bladex (BLX) Declares $0.15 Quarterly Dividend; 4.7% Yield

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (Bladex) (NYSE: BLX), announced today a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share, $0.60 annualized. The cash dividend was approved by the Board of Directors and is payable on August 4, 2010 to the Bank's stockholders as of record date July 26, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 22, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.7%.... more

PPG Industries (PPG) Increases Quarterly Dividend 1.9% to $0.55; Yields 3.4%

PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) today approved an increase in the company’s dividend, declaring a regular quarterly dividend of $0.55 per share, $2.20 annualized. The dividend is a 1.9% increase over the previous rate of $0.54. The dividend is payable September 10, 2010, to shareholders of record August 10, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 6, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.4%.... more

Walgreens: A Fallen Dividend Aristocrat

Investors in Walgreens (WBA) have to be tremendously disappointed with the stock’s performance in 2010. Last year, Walgreens investors enjoyed a 49% surge in the stock price, but it’s been a very different story in 2010. WAG shares have fallen 23% this year and the stock has badly underperformed both the S&P 500 index and their peers. Dividend investors love Walgreens and the company's stock is currently a member of the exclusive S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (stocks increasing their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years). In fact, Walgreens has increased their dividend each year since 1977. Unfortunately, Walgreens current 1.9% dividend yield hardly makes up for the massive losses experienced this year from their falling stock price.... more

11 High Yield, Dividend-Growing Stocks

Below is a list of 8 stocks yielding more than 3% with a dividend payout ratio less than 70% as of the close on July 9th. In addition, I required the stocks have a recent history of rising dividends. I looked for: Dividend Percent Change, Year Over Year (%) > 10, Dividend Growth Rate, 3 Years (%) > 15, Dividend 5 Year Growth Rate (%) > 20. The screen was done using stockscreen123. The most recent screen I conducted on my site in April is here. I featured Turkell Iletisim Hizmetleri (TKC), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) and Life Partners Holdings (LPHI) in previous months on my site and they remain on this month's list. In addition to dividend reductions/increases, share price fluctuations affect yield and can cause this list to fluctuate. However, when comparing July's list to that... more

Market Timing and Dividend Reinvesting

A John Heinzl article in the Globe and Mail quotes a person, Jay from Montreal, who doesn’t like reinvesting dividends inside a dividend reinvestment plan (DRiP). That’s because he doesn’t have control over the timing of the purchases. Outside of a DRiP, he can let the dividends accumulate until a market downturn comes and lets him buy at lower prices.... more

Walgreen (WAG) Increases Quarterly Dividend 27.3% to $0.175; 2.4% Yield

Walgreen Co. (WBA) today increased the quarterly dividend 27.3% to $0.175 per share, or $0.70 annualized. The dividend is payable Sept. 11, 2010, to shareholders of record Aug. 19, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 15, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.4%.... more

Petroleum & Resources (PEO) Declares $0.10 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield

Petroleum & Resources Corporation (NYSE: PEO) today declared a dividend of $0.10 per share, or $0.40 annualized. The dividend is payable September 1, 2010, to stockholders of record on August 13, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 11, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.9%.... more

ConocoPhillips (COP) Declares $0.55 Quarterly Dividend; 4.1% Yield

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today announced a quarterly dividend of 55 cents per share, or $2.20 annualized. The dividend is payable September 1, 2010, to stockholders of record at the close of business August 2, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.1%.... more