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Dividend Challenger Highlights: Week Of March 15

Published Sat, 14 Mar 2020 09:39:51 -0400 on Seeking Alpha

A weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Challengers.
Companies which declared increased dividends.
Companies with upcoming ex-dividend dates.
Companies with upcoming pay dates.
Introduction
The Dividend Champions list is a monthly compilation of companies which have consistently increased their annual dividend payouts, and the latest edition may be found here. However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date. Furthermore, with close to 900 companies on the list, the sheer amount of data can quickly become overwhelming. In this weekly series, I highlight recent and upcoming dividend related activity for companies holding Challenger (5-9 years) status.
In the data presented below, Yield is forward annualized and Years reflects the up-to-date streak, including dividends declared since the last edition of the Dividend Champions list.
Dividend Increases
In the past week, the following companies declared dividends which were higher than their previous payouts.
Company
Symbol
Ex-Div
Pay
Old Rate
New Rate
Increase
Yield
Years
Flanigan's Enterprises Inc.
(BDL)
3/19
4/3
0.28
0.3
7.14%
1.96%
6
CareTrust REIT Inc.
(CTRE)
3/30
4/15
0.225
0.25
11.11%
6.92%
7
Dollar General Corp.
(DG)
4/6
4/21
0.32
0.36
12.50%
0.99%
6
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.
(DKS)
3/19
3/27
0.275
0.3125
13.64%
4.64%
6
Gentex Corp.
(GNTX)
4/8
4/22
0.115
0.12
4.35%
1.90%
10

Last Chance to Buy
These companies have ex-dividend dates approaching. The following tables indicate the last day you can buy these stocks in order to be eligible for the upcoming dividend. Tables are sorted alphabetically by symbol.
Monday March 16 (Ex-Div 3/17)
Company
Symbol
Pay Date
Payout
Price
Yield
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Stock name Last trade   P/E Earnings/Share Dividend/Share Dividend yield
ARBOR REALTY TRUST 12.77   9.1 1.40 1.16 9.21
GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES 38.48   24.7 1.56 2.72 7.02
GLADSTONE INVESTMENT 12.34   7.4 1.67 0.82 6.73
CEDAR FAIR LP 54.70   18.4 2.98 3.70 6.69
MAIN STREET CAPITAL 43.18   16.8 2.57 2.46 5.69
KOHL'S 52.36   11.5 4.54 2.68 5.24
LAS VEGAS SANDS 60.15   24.1 2.50 3.08 5.22
SCHWEITZER-MAUDUIT INTERNATIONAL 36.30   13.1 2.78 1.76 4.97
WEYERHAEUSER 27.87   0.0 0.00 1.36 4.97
UNITED BANCORP 11.50   0.0 0.00 0.55 4.85
MANULIFE FINANCIAL 18.10   8.4 2.16 0.76 4.25
LEGG MASON 39.76   0.0 -0.66 1.60 4.03
CARETRUST REIT 23.13   30.8 0.75 0.90 3.92
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES 14.65   11.5 1.27 0.60 3.90
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 30.76   12.4 2.48 1.00 3.37
MERCANTILE BANK 33.22   12.1 2.74 1.08 3.34
CHEESECAKE FACTORY 42.16   17.9 2.35 1.44 3.33
SYNOVUS FINANCIAL 37.56   11.1 3.39 1.20 3.16
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANKSHARES 36.38   20.1 1.81 1.08 3.10
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS 38.61   11.6 3.33 1.10 2.89
UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY 46.92   56.5 0.83 1.32 2.89
FIRST MERCHANTS 38.55   11.7 3.29 1.04 2.73
ENERGIZER 44.98   562.2 0.08 1.20 2.66
RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP 20.20   14.5 1.39 0.52 2.59
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FINANCIAL 19.86   0.0 0.00 0.48 2.41
POPULAR 54.15   9.2 5.88 1.20 2.18
CARTER'S 96.84   15.9 6.08 2.00 2.06
AVERY DENNISON 113.00   41.1 2.75 2.32 2.04
CAPITAL CITY BANK GROUP 26.85   16.1 1.67 0.52 2.03
AVNET 44.78   28.7 1.56 0.84 1.90
KEARNY FINANCIAL 13.43   28.6 0.47 0.24 1.84
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP 44.27   13.0 3.40 0.80 1.79
OPEN TEXT 41.25   38.9 1.06 0.70 1.71
GENTEX 28.06   17.0 1.65 0.46 1.65
TEREX 26.92   149.6 0.18 0.44 1.61
GRIFFON 19.79   44.0 0.45 0.29 1.56
FLIR SYSTEMS 52.45   26.0 2.02 0.68 1.31
FLANIGAN'S ENTERPRISES 23.00   0.0 0.00 0.28 1.27
AIR LEASE 44.88   9.2 4.89 0.52 1.20
RESMED 133.96   47.8 2.80 1.56 1.16
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA 40.41   14.1 2.87 0.40 0.97
DOLLAR GENERAL 157.10   25.2 6.23 1.28 0.81
NVIDIA 184.27   41.6 4.43 0.64 0.35

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