Five Dividend Aristocrats announced dividend events this week, including Aflac and Bemis Company which announced increases. Insurer Aflac (AFL) increased their dividend for the 31st consecutive year.  The new quarterly payout will be 37 cents up from 35 cents, which is an increase of 5.7%.  The dividend is payable on on March 3rd to shareholders of record of February 14th.  At today's closing price, the annual yield is 2.36% Bemis Company (BMS), a global manufacturer of packaging and pressure Read more [...]

This week 8 Dividend Aristocrats announced their quarterly payouts, with 3 of them announcing dividend increases.  The three that announced dividend increases were: Insurer Cincinnati Financial (CINF) increased their quarterly dividend by 4.8% from 42 to 44 cents per share.  The increased dividend is payable on April 15th to shareholders of record on March 19th.  In the past, CINF has increased their regular dividend in the October payout, so this represents an acceleration of the usual dividend Read more [...]

This week saw two Dividend Aristocrats declare regular quarterly dividends: Automatic Data Processing (ADP) declared a quarterly dividend of 48 cents payable April 1st to shareholders of record on  March 14th.  This is the 2nd quarter with the dividend at this rate after ADP increased their dividend by 10% beginning in early January 2014.  ADP has increased dividends for 39 consecutive years and currently yields 2.49%. Brown-Forman Company (BF-B) declared a quarterly dividend of 29 cents Read more [...]