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Semiconductor heavyweight QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) has boosted its annual dividend every year since it introduced distribution payments 15 years ago and currently offers shareholders a 3.7% dividend yield, which outperforms industry averages by double- and triple-digit-percentage margins. In addition to the steady dividend advancement, the company’s share price has also grown significantly, despite two significant pullbacks in the past decade…

dividend yield        ex-dividend date                     dividend payout ratio                             dividend SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) extended its streak of seven consecutive annual dividend boosts to eight years with a 25% hike to its upcoming quarterly dividend payout for…

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE: CFR) -- a regional bank in Texas -- has been boosting its annual dividend distribution payments for the past 25 consecutive years With a quarterly dividend of $0.67 expected to be paid in September, Cullen has grown its quarterly payout by more than four times what it was two decades earlier. In the past year, the annual…

Despite individual portfolio strategies to achieve their specific financial goals, most income investors seek equities that have similar characteristics, such as the seven NASDAQ dividend stocks featured in this article. Some of the criteria that income investors target are fairly obvious. Dividend yield  above a certain value and number of consecutive dividend hikes are probably most common. While these two measurements…

Date Issued   8/21/2018 Shares Issued   1,400,000   Overallotment   200,000 S&P Rating  NR    Moodys   NR Security Ticker Symbol   SAF Market Traded ON   NYSE Interest Payment Paid on the last day of February, May, August and November beginning on 11/30/2018 Quarterly Interest   .391   Annual Interest   1.563 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 8/28/2021 for a redemption price of…