Year over year dividend growth is the engine that drives our returns. So, it is important to keep track of the dividend increases for the companies we follow. This is a list of the dividend increases announced for all the companies we follow, during the month of December. The average dividend increase for these stocks was 5.72%.
Realty Income (NYSE:O) declares $0.2325/share monthly dividend, 2.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.2275.
ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) declares $0.935/share quarterly dividend, 2.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.915.
Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) declares $0.765/share quarterly dividend, 3.4% increase from prior dividend of $0.740.
Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) declares $0.175/share quarterly dividend, 9.4% increase from prior dividend of $0.160.
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) declares $1.07/share quarterly dividend, 3.9% increase from prior dividend of $1.03.
Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) declares $1.34/share quarterly dividend, 15.5% increase from prior dividend of $1.16.
Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) declares $0.94/share quarterly dividend, 2.5% increase from prior dividend of $0.9175.
Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) declares $0.155/share quarterly dividend, 6.9% increase from prior dividend of $0.145.
Tanger Factory (NYSE:SKT) had declared $0.3575/share quarterly dividend, 0.7% increase from prior dividend of $0.3550.
S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) declares $0.67/share quarterly dividend, 17.5% increase from prior dividend of $0.57.
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) declares $3.63/share quarterly dividend, 10% increase from prior dividend of $3.30.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) declares $1.29/share quarterly dividend, 8.4% increase from prior dividend of $1.19
SJW (NYSE:SJW) declares $0.32/share quarterly dividend, 6.7% increase from prior dividend of $0.30.
Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) declares $0.36/share quarterly dividend, 2.9% increase from prior dividend of $0.35.
Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) declares $0.60/share quarterly dividend, 7.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.56.