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Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) has increased its annual dividend payout amount for the eighth consecutive year. The upcoming quarterly dividend payment in April amounts to an 11.3% increase over the prior quarter and a forward yield for 2018 of 3.0%. While Foot Locker is about 40% lower than it was one year ago, the share price has been trending higher…

Ennis, Inc. (NYSE:EBS) has been offering businesses printed products for more than a century and offers its current shareholders a 4% dividend yield that combined with asset appreciation for a total return on investment of more than 30% over the past year. The company has distributed dividends for nearly three decades without a dividend cut and has raised its annual…

Featured image source: www.colgatecommercial.com; All brands and logos are registered trademarks of the The Colgate-Palmolive Company The Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) offers a 2.4% dividend yield and the company continued its long streak of rising annual dividends by rewarding its shareholder with a quarterly dividend boost of more than 10%. This period’s dividend enhancement raises the company’s streak of annual dividend hikes to…

The Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL) has been distributing dividends to its shareholder for nine decades and has hiked its annual dividend payout for the past 51 consecutive years. Even though the company’s current 2.24% yield pales in comparison to some high-yield sectors, it is more than 20% above the average of the entire Consumer Goods sector and the highest in…

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) saw its dividend yield rise from 2.7% to 3% because of a double-digit percentage share price drop during the recent market sell-off. While unfortunate for existing shareholders in the short term, the recent share price drop could make the price reduction a good opportunity for long-term investors to take a position at a discounted price. Even…