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  • FBL Financial Group Declares Quarterly Dividend


    FBL Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FFG) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share to owners of Class A and Class B common stock. The dividend will be payable on June 28, 2013 to shareholders of record as of June 14, 2013. There are 24,517,237 shares of Class A common stock and 1,141,291 shares of Class B common stock, for a total of 25,658,528 shares outstanding.... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 13:12:00 UT on BusinessWire

    Stock symbol(s): FFG



  • EPR Properties Declares Monthly Dividend for Common Shareholders

    EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) today announced that its Board of Trustees has declared its monthly cash dividend to common shareholders. The dividend of $0.2633 per common share is payable June 17, 2013 to shareholders of record on May 31, 2013. This dividend represents an annualized dividend of $3.16 per common share, an increase of 5.3% over prior year.... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 13:15:00 UT on BusinessWire

    Stock symbol(s): EPR



  • Albany International Declares Dividend

    The Board of Directors of Albany International Corp. (NYSE: AIN) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share on the Class A and Class B Common Stock, payable on July 8, 2013, to shareholders of record on June 7, 2013. This represents an increase of $0.01 from the most recent quarterly dividend.... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:00 UT on BusinessWire

    Stock symbol(s): AIN



  • Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. Announces $0.035 Per Share Monthly Cash Dividend

    Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: WHLR) (“Wheeler” or the “Company”), a company specializing in owning, acquiring, financing, developing, renovating, leasing and managing income producing assets, such as community centers, neighborhood centers, strip centers and free-standing retail properties, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a $0.035 per share monthly cash dividend for shareholders of record on May 31, 2013, to be paid on or about June 30, 2013.... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:00 UT on BusinessWire

    Stock symbol(s): WHLR



  • Look Out For Lower Q2 Dividend From Northern Tier Energy

    Since its July 31, 2012 IPO, the dividends paid by Northern Tier Energy L.P. (NTI) may have given investors a sense of security that the big dividends are here to stay. Based on the business and payout model of Northern Tier Energy, this scenario is highly unlikely. However, investors who understand how this high-yield MLP works will want to pick up shares on any sell-off by those who bought based on the published dividend yield. Note: MLP companies such as Northern Tier Energy have units and pay distributions. The words stock, shares and dividends may be used here with the understanding that the rules of MLP units apply including the tax consequences of investing in MLP units. Business Overview The primary asset and cash flow generator of Northern Tier Energy is a 90,000 barrel per... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 08:34:52 -0400 on SeekingAlpha

    Stock symbol(s): NTI



  • Ventas Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend of $0.67 Per Share

    Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) (“Ventas” or the “Company”) said today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.67 per share, payable in cash on June 28, 2013 to stockholders of record on June 5, 2013. The dividend is the second quarterly installment of the Company’s 2013 annual dividend.... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 12:04:00 UT on BusinessWire

    Stock symbol(s): VTR



  • Tidewater Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock and Authorizes New Common Stock Repurchase Program

    Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) announced that its Board of Directors declared on May 15, 2013, a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of common stock payable June 14, 2013, to shareholders of record on June 4, 2013.... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 12:07:00 UT on BusinessWire

    Stock symbol(s): TDW



  • Emerging Markets And The Case Of The Disappearing Dividends

    Dividends are not always an objective for emerging market investors. Capital appreciation would be just fine - if only it would come. For investors still perplexed about broader emerging market underperformance, a look at distribution trends at some of the largest equity ETFs explains a lot. Emerging market underperformance Broad emerging market equities started underperforming US equities in August 2011 and the trend has accelerated recently. August 2011 also marked the end of the global commodity price boom. Chinese stimulus was maxed-out and many commodity producers matured as new resources came on-stream. A slower global growth phase kicked in leaving many big emerging markets in the dust. Laser focus on returns Since then, shareholders of companies able to deliver returns... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 05:52:36 -0400 on SeekingAlpha

    Stock symbol(s): EEM,VWO,AMX,DEM,DGS,PKW,SCHE,SPY



  • Stocks Trading Ex-Dividend on 5/17/2013

    The following is a list of companies trading ex-dividend on Friday, May 17th:

    Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.275 per share, or $1.1 annualized. The dividend will be payable on June 12, 2013, to stockholders of record on May 21, 2013, with an ex-dividend date of May 17, 2013. The annual yield on the dividend is 2.3 percent.
    Callaway Golf Co. (NYSE: ELY) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.01 per share, or $0.04 annualized. The dividend will be payable on June 17, 2013, to stockholders of record on May 21, 2013, with an ex-dividend date of May 17, 2013. The annual yield on the dividend is 0.6 percent.
    Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ENR) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share, or $1.6 annualized. The dividend will be payable on... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 05:22:20 -0400 on StreetInsider

    Stock symbol(s): APOG,BMS,BWINA,ELY,ENR,MCHP,PBF,RCL,TOFC,TPGI,WAG



  • FirstMerit Declares Fresh Dividends

    FirstMerit (Nasdaq: FMER) is sliding a few bills across the counter in the form of dividends. The financial services company will pay a quarterly distribution of $0.16 per share of its common stock on June 17 to shareholders of record as of May 28. This amount is in line with each of FirstMerit's previous 14 quarterly disbursements stretching back to late 2009.
    Holders of the firm's 5.87% series A preferred stock will also be rewarded. They are to be paid $14.69 per regular share, or $0.36725 per depository share, on August 5, provided that they are the holders of record as of July 19.
    The common stock dividend annualizes to $0.64 per share. That yields 3.6% at FirstMerit's most recent closing stock price of $17.95.... more

    Published Fri, 17 May 2013 01:16:00 on The Motley Fool

    Stock symbol(s): FMER