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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) improved its streak of annual dividend boosts to 56 consecutive years with its most recent quarterly dividend hike of 7.1%. The Dividend Aristocrats moniker refers to S&P 500 companies with a minimum market capitalization of $3 billion and at least 25 years of consecutive dividend boosts. Currently, only 51 companies hold the Dividend Aristocrat distinction and,…

CatchMark Timber Trust Inc. (NYSE:CTT) has boosted its annual dividend payout every year since converting its status from a non-traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to a publicly-traded REIT in December 2013 and currently offers its shareholders  a 4.1% dividend yield. In addition to the steady dividend growth and a dividend yield that outperforms industry averages, the trust’s share price…

Featured Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BPPR_Popular_logo.svg Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP), a regional bank based in Puerto Rico, has been rewarding its investors with steady share price growth and rising dividends since restructuring and significant asset divestiture that resulted from the 2008 financial crisis in the United States, as well as a recession and a wave of foreclosures in Puerto Rico. The company’s current 2.1%…

Featured Image Source: www.key.com/about/company-information/key-company-overview.jsp Since nearly eliminating its dividend payment in the aftermath of the financial crisis, KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) has continued to rebuild its dividend distributions and is now in its eighth consecutive year of annual increases. While the company still has a long way to go before hitting its pre-crisis payment levels again, the upcoming 14.3% quarterly dividend boost…

TE Connectivity LTD. (NYSE:TEL) rewarded its shareholders with annual dividend hikes for the past seventh consecutive year and boosted its quarterly dividend payout another 10% for the upcoming distribution. While the company’s current 1.9% dividend yield might seem unattractive to investors seeking higher levels of income, TE Connectivity’s current dividend yield outperforms the average yields of the overall Technology sector…