Monday, March 21, 2005

Companies Which are Increasing Dividend

Companies that increase its dividend rate regularly may become
good candidates for your investment, in case you wish to buy
individual stocks. You may also look for them in the list of the
constituents of an ETF or mutual fund and take your decision.

Very recently a number of large capital stocks have hiked their
dividend yield. Here is a list of some of those:
[All values for Quarterly dividend per share]

Aetna's (AET) dividend doubled as a result of a 2-for-1 stock split,
from 4c to 8c cents post-split (0.08% annual yield).
Allergen (AGN) raised to 10c (0.54% annual yield)
Black & Decker's (BDK) to 28c (1.34%)
Colgate-Palmolive (CL) to 29c (2.15%)
Liberty Corp. (LC) declared a special $4-a-share dividend
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) to 31c (1.86%)
Tribune (TRB) doubled its dividend to 18c (1.72% annual yield)
United Technologies (UTX) to 44c ( 1.7% annual yield)
UPS (UPS) to 33c (1.67%)
Wendy's International (WEN) to 13.5c (1.39%)


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