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25 Companies Raising Distribution In 2012's Busiest Week For Dividend Increases

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  Published Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:46:10 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
  

  
  

  The past week was the busiest week for dividends increases that I have noticed in my four and a half years as a dividend blogger. There were 66 companies which raised distributions. Apparently, no one bothered to inform these Board of Directors committees about the potential for steep increases in taxes on dividend income. I chose to highlight 25 of these companies that have been able to successfully raise dividends for over 5 years in a row. Corporations’ dividend policies are typically forward looking. Companies that announce dividend increases do so, only after a careful consideration of future economic and business factors, in order to make certain that it will be able to afford the increased payout. This vote of confidence shows that few corporate boardrooms consider the risk of increases in tax rates to be a big issue. This is also a vote of confidence in the business prospects... Read more
  

  Stock name									ISIN	Last trade		P/E	Earnings/Share	Dividend/Share	Dividend yield
  EV ENERGY PARTNERS									US26926V1070	41.63		0.0	-0.35	3.07	7.37
  AMERIGAS PARTNERS LP									US0309751065	46.88		75.2	0.63	3.36	7.17
  EXTERRAN PARTNERS L.P.									US30225N1054	29.36		78.9	0.36	2.07	7.05
  WILLIAMS PARTNERS LP									US96950F1049	52.00		26.9	1.94	3.39	6.52
  EL PASO PIPELINE									US2837021086	43.05		19.9	2.19	2.48	5.76
  HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS LP									US4357631070	37.50		31.0	1.20	1.91	5.09
  MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS									US5590801065	53.94		28.3	1.92	2.03	3.76
  ARTESIAN RESOURCES									US0431132085	22.41		21.5	1.03	0.82	3.67
  SUNOCO LOGISTICS PARTNERS LP									US86764L1089	62.87		15.0	4.24	2.29	3.64
  BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES									US0668491006	35.90		11.1	3.18	1.24	3.45
  CHEVRON									US1667641005	125.40		9.4	13.23	4.00	3.19
  CULLEN/FROST BANKERS									US2298991090	64.04		17.0	3.76	2.00	3.12
  JOHNSON & JOHNSON									US4781601046	87.21		24.0	3.68	2.64	3.03
  UGI									US9026811052	40.36		18.6	2.20	1.13	2.80
  EXXON MOBIL									US30231G1022	91.79		9.4	9.81	2.52	2.75
  AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL									US03076C1062	80.39		15.6	5.17	2.08	2.59
  BOK FINANCIAL									US05561Q2012	64.59		12.5	5.20	1.52	2.35
  CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE									US22410J1060	86.92		18.2	4.72	2.00	2.30
  SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES									US81725T1007	41.35		17.4	2.34	0.92	2.22
  IBM									US4592001014	206.16		14.3	14.50	3.80	1.84
  PARKER HANNIFIN									US7010941042	99.32		15.6	6.40	1.80	1.81
  GRAINGER, W.W.									US3848021040	258.55		26.3	9.89	3.72	1.44
  GORMAN-RUPP									US3830821043	28.90		25.7	1.13	0.40	1.38
  VALMONT INDUSTRIES									US9202531011	157.41		16.0	9.67	1.00	0.64
  VANGUARD NATURAL RESOURCES									US92205F1066	0.00		0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00

  
  

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