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Travelers Offers Shareholders 7% Quarterly Dividend Boost (TRV)
Ned Piplovic | June 1, 2018
Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) will continue a track record of more than a dozen years of consecutive dividend increases with its next quarterly dividend boost of nearly 7%. With the increased payment, Travelers’ forward dividend yield sits at 2.4%. In addition, Travelers also offers steady share price growth over the last five years of over 50%. Combined with the rising…

ADP Boosts Quarterly Dividend Nearly 10% Again (ADP)
Ned Piplovic | June 1, 2018
Featured Image Source: http://investors.adp.com/overview/default.aspx Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP) continued it record of more than four decades of annual dividend hikes with its current boost to its quarterly dividend payout of nearly 10%. While the company’s 2.1% dividend yield has been suppressed by the rising share price, the current yield still out performs the average industry yield of the Technology sector and…

Genuine Parts Company Offers Annual Dividend Hikes for More Than Six Decades (GPC)
Ned Piplovic | May 31, 2018
Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC) has been offereing its shareholders annual dividend hikes for more than six decades and currently offers a 3.2% dividend yield that outperforms the industry averages. As a component of the S&P 500 Index with a market capitalization that exceeds $3 billion and at least 25 years of consecutive annual dividend hikes, the Genuine Parts Company is designated…

Kimberly-Clark Continues Increasing Dividends, Looking for Falling Share Price Trend Reversal (KMB)
Ned Piplovic | May 31, 2018
Featured Image Source: 2018 Fact Sheet at http://www.kimberly-clark.com/home/news/press-kit#mediacontacts The Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) has been a stellar source of increasing dividends for more than four decades and continued that record with last period’s 46th consecutive dividend boost to its annual dividend payout. The current 3.8% dividend yield is higher than the company’s own five-year average yield and outperforms all but a…

Is GM’s 4% Dividend Yield Incentive Enough to Buy? (GM)
Ned Piplovic | May 30, 2018
The General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) offers a 4% dividend yield and a double-digit share price growth over the past 12 months. However, investors are still not certain whether GM is the attractive investment with long term asset appreciation and a reliable dividend income that it was in the past. Even with the bankruptcy reorganization, adjustment to its future retirement benefit…