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Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ:IEP) raised its quarterly dividend 17 percent in the past quarter to boost its current yield to 12.3%, marking big contrast from no dividend hikes in the previous three years. Aside from the dividend hike and the high yield, Icahn Enterprises rewarded its shareholders with a double-digit percentage asset appreciation to deliver a total return of nearly…

Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (NYSE:ETP) has raised its annual dividend for the past 15 consecutive years to offer a current dividend yield of 14%. The company’s share price has been declining since August 2016 but showed indications of a sustained uptrend just prior to the overall market selloff in early February. Even with the declining share price, this stock has…

RGC Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGCO) continues its long history of paying rising dividends with a 2.4% dividend yield and a one-year total return of more than 35%. In addition to the rising dividend that missed the annual dividend hike only once in the past two decades, the company’s share price grew more than 25% over the past 12 months and doubled…

To round out its 20th consecutive annual dividend hike, the McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) rewarded its shareholders by boosting its quarterly dividend distribution amount by nearly 31%. In addition to the extraordinary dividend boost, the company’s dividend yields 2.5% and the share price rose nearly 70% for a total return on shareholder investment of nearly 72% over the past year. Investors…

Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE:BFS) offers a current dividend yield of 4.1% and only has cut its annual payout twice since it started to reward its shareholders with dividend distributions in 1993. While the company’s dividend continues to rise and to give the company’s shareholders increased dividend income, the share price has been declining since the beginning of the year. However,…