Two Aristocrats announced double-digit percentage increases in their dividends, while four other Aristocrats announced regular dividend payouts this week. Cardinal Health (quote, company overview) announced a 4-cent, or 13.2% increase in its quarterly dividend.  The new dividend is 34.25 cents quarterly, or $1.37 annually per share.  The increase is a bit lower but consistent Cardinal Health’s recent dividend growth.  Cardinal Health’s 5 year compounded annual dividend growth rate (CADGR) Read more [...]

I’ve been following in detail the S&P Dividend Aristocrats for the past four months.  Sometimes you get quiet weeks, when not very much happens.  And sometimes, you get weeks when that isn’t quite so true.  This week was one of the latter - a busy, busy week where more than a quarter of the Aristocrats announced dividend events, including four that announced dividend increases. The companies announcing dividend increases included the two largest oil companies in the United States: Read more [...]

This week Johnson & Johnson announced its 52nd consecutive annual dividend increase, continuing a pattern that the company began in 1962. Read about JNJ's dividend increase, and T. Rowe Price's dividend announcement. Read more [...]