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Dividend Champion And Contender Highlights: Week Of December 20

Published Sat, 19 Dec 2020 13:19:07 -0500 on Seeking Alpha

Seeking AlphaDividend Quick PicksDividend Champion And Contender Highlights: Week Of December 20Dec. 19, 2020 1:19 PM ET|| Includes: ABM, AMGN, AMT, ANTM, AUBN, BCPC, BEN, BKSC, CME, DCI, ELS, ENSG, FAST, FFMR, FMAO, HCSG, IFF, IFFT, INDB, JKHY, LMT, MNRO, MO, NRIM, PM, POR, TIF, XELby: Justin LawJustin Law The Dividend KingsMaximize your income with the world’s highest-quality dividend investments SummaryA weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Champions and Contenders.
Companies which changed their 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 However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date.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 over 700 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 Champion (25+ years) and Contender (10-24 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 Changes
In the past week, the following companies on the Champion or Contender lists declared dividends which changed from their previous payouts.
Increases:
Company
Symbol
Ex-Div
Pay
Old Rate
New Rate
Increase
Yield
Years
ABM Industries Inc.
(ABM)
1/6
2/1
0.185
0.19
2.70%
1.90%
54
Amgen Inc.
(AMGN)
2/11
3/8
1.6
1.76
10.00%
3.08%
11
Balchem Corp.
(BCPC)
12/24
1/22
0.52
0.58
11.54%
0.51%
12
Franklin Resources
(BEN)
12/30
1/15
0.27
0.28
3.70%
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