This week, two Dividend Aristocrats announced their regular quarterly cash dividends: North Carolina-based discount retailer Family Dollar (FDO) announced its latest regular quarterly dividend of 31 cents this week.  The dividend will be paid on July 15th to shareholders of record on June 13th. Family Dollar has more than doubled its annual dividend from 54 cents in 2009 to a projected $1.24 this year.  The stock currently yields 2.05%.  More detail about Family Dollar’s dividend history Read more [...]

During this holiday – shortened week, there was only one dividend announcement from the Aristocrats.  Home improvement retailer Lowe’s Companies, Inc (LOW) continued their remarkable record of double – digit percentage dividend increases by announcing their new quarterly payout of 23 cents per share.  This represents a 27.8% increase over the prior quarterly dividend of 18 cents per share.  The new dividend will be paid on August 6th to shareholders of record on July 23rd.  The new Read more [...]

This week, fluid and thermal management company Pentair Ltd (PNR) announced that shareholders approved the board of directors’ proposal to increase the per share dividend by 25%, beginning with the next payout in the 3rd quarter of 2014.  Pentair will pay $1.20 per share over the next four quarters (3rd and 4th quarters of 2014 and the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2015) in equal installments of 30 cents per share.  This is an increase of 6 cents per share, or 25%, in each quarter.  Pentair paid Read more [...]

Three S&P Dividend Aristocrats announced dividend events this week, including one company that announced an increase in their quarterly dividend. The Clorox Company (CLX), maker of their eponymous cleaning products along with Glad bags and containers, K C Masterpiece sauces, Kingsford charcoal, and other consumer brands, announced their latest annual dividend increase this week.  Clorox will increase their quarterly dividend by 4.2%, to 74 cents per share from 71 cents per share.  The Read more [...]

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 [...]