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BankFinancial Corporation Boosts Quarterly Dividend 12.5% (BFIN)
Ned Piplovic | May 9, 2018
The BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN) has been boosting its annual dividend aggressively over the past five years and hiked its quarterly dividend another 12.5% for its upcoming dividend distribution in late May. While the company’s current dividend yield of only 2.1% might not be impressive compared to high-yield financial sectors, it is in line with the average yield of regional Midwest…

Target Corporation Continues Rewarding Shareholders with Rising Annual Dividends (TGT)
Ned Piplovic | May 9, 2018
The Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT), an S&P 500 company with a 25-plus year record of consecutive annual dividend hikes and a market capitalization that exceeds $37 billion, meets all the requirements to be included in a selective group of only 51 companies designated Dividend Aristocrats. While the minimum requirement to be a Dividend Aristocrat is a 25-year history of consistent annual…

ConEdison Has Paid Rising Dividend Every Year for More Than Four Decades (ED)
Ned Piplovic | May 9, 2018
Forty-three consecutive years of dividend payments makes Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE: ED) one of only 51 companies that qualify as a Dividend Aristocrat, a group of S&P 500 companies with market capitalizations of more than $3 billion and a streak of boosting annual dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. This impressive dividend payout record has helped the company maintain…
DCP Midstream 7.875% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units
Tim McPartland | May 8, 2018
Date Issued 5/9/2018 Shares Issued 6,000,000 Overallotment 900,000 S&P Rating B Moodys Rating B1 Security Ticker Symbol DCP–B OTC Grey Market DCPMP Market Traded ON NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of March, June, September and December beginning on 9/15/2018 Quarterly Distribution .4922 Annual Distribution 1.97 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 06/15/2023 for a redemption price of $25/share plus…

Duke Realty Boosts Annual Dividend Four Consecutive Years After Five Years of Zero Dividend Growth (DRE)
Ned Piplovic | May 8, 2018
Featured Image Source: www.dukerealty.com The Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE:DRE) boosted its annual dividend payout over the past four consecutive years and currently offers its share holders a 2.8% dividend yield. The company’s share price traded mostly sideways for nearly 18 months before embarking on a five-month-long downtrend in September 2017. However, the share price has been rising since the beginning of March…