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Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) -- a Midwest utility holding company -- has rewarded its shareholders with five consecutive annual dividend hikes, as well as a double-digit-percentage total return over the past 12 months and currently offers a 2.9% dividend yield. After paying a steady $2.54 annual dividend for more than a decade, the company cut its annual dividend payout nearly 40% in…

The TELUS Corporation (NYSE: TU) -- a Canadian telecommunications company -- has rewarded shareholders with annual dividend hikes for the past 14 consecutive years and currently pays a 4.3% dividend yield. Interestingly, the company has also been hiking its dividend twice per year for the past nine years, rather than going for the more typical one-time yearly increase. As a…

  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (NYSE:PEG) -- the largest electricity and gas distribution utility in New Jersey -- continues to provide shareholders with a dividend yield that outperforms sector averages and has managed to hike its annual dividend amount in 14 out of the past 15 years, including the last seven consecutive years. In addition to providing its shareholders…

To create a diversified portfolio, investors should analyze and incorporate many different investment categories, such as health care dividend stocks, incorporating diverse payout horizons and occasionally differing strategies, such as high-income distributions for extended time horizons versus short-term high capital growth. However, careful analysis can occasionally reveal equities that meet multiple criteria, such as the list below of six large-cap…

  Featured Image Source: Company Website After paying out dividends for more than a century, Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE:IR) continues to reward its shareholders with a rising dividend income and the company boosted its quarterly dividend payout nearly 18% for the upcoming dividend distribution. The upcoming quarterly dividend payout bump marks the company’s eight consecutive year of annual dividend increases. Over the…