Dividends

HCP (NYSE: HCP) announced that it has been named to the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. This highly select index recognizes members of the S&P 500 that have a market capitalization in excess of $3 billion and have increased dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The...

Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) announced today that its board of directors has increased the company's quarterly dividend by 10 percent to $0.495 per share effective with its dividend payable March 15, 2012, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 1, 2012. “This action by our...

Colony Bankcorp, Inc. (Nasdaq CBAN) today announced that it will exercise is right to suspend its regularly scheduled dividend payment of $350 thousand on its $28 million Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A that was issued to the U. S. Treasury Department under its Capital Purchase...

CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CVI), a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels and a majority owner of CVR Partners, LP (NYSE: UAN), a nitrogen fertilizer producer, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per common share, the first of which...

Nearly a year ago to the day we highlighted some ETFs even the most conservative investors could embrace. That version of Grandpa's ETF Portfolio probably didn't catch anyone by surprise. After all, it featured a mix of income plays, one of the biggest ETFs on the market tracking value stocks and...

The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) board of directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend of 23 cents per share, an increase of 15 percent over the previous quarterly amount. This marks the 359th consecutive dividend on the common stock of the company, payable on Mar. 2, 2012, to shareholders of...

The Board of Directors of Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE: HUBA) declared an increase in the common stock dividend rate. The new annual payment rate of $1.64 per share, or $0.41 per quarter compares to the former rate of $1.52 or $0.38 per quarter. The increased quarterly dividend will be paid on...

The Board of Directors of Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE: HUBA) declared an increase in the common stock dividend rate. The new annual payment rate of $1.64 per share, or $0.41 per quarter compares to the former rate of $1.52, or $0.38 per quarter. The increased quarterly dividend will be paid on...

Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 12.5 percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend, increasing it to $0.18 per share from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share.  The cash dividend is payable on March 15, 2012, to shareholders of...

Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBSH) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share on the company's common stock, which compares to the prior dividend of $0.219 as adjusted for the 5 percent stock dividend that was paid on December 19, 2011. This...