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A fast food company boosted its quarterly dividend 7.4% to reward its shareholders with the 41st consecutive year of dividend hikes. In addition to more than four decades of consecutive dividend increases, the company brought its investors a 47.4% total return over the last 12 months and currently pays a 2.5% dividend yield. McDonald’s is a member of the exclusive…

A Florida-based electricity distributor, one of the world’s largest generators of renewable wind and solar energy, has given its shareholders annual dividend boosts for the past 20 consecutive years and is providing a 2.5% forward dividend yield. In addition to the rising dividend income from two decades of consecutive dividend boosts, the company compensated investors with a one-year asset appreciation…

Golar LNG Partners L.P. (Nasdaq: GMLP), a relatively small liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship owner, has sold a fixed-rate preferred unit issue with a coupon of 8.75%. The company joins Teekay LNG Partners (NYSE: TGP) and Hoegh LNG Partners (NYSE: HMLP) as LNG ship owners who have issued preferred units in the last month. This new issue comes when investors…

Dividend yield is a key metric used by income-seeking investors to select securities for their investment portfolios. While the dividend yield is relatively easy to calculate, there are additional considerations that investors need to know to analyze a particular security’s dividend performance properly. The dividend yield should not be used as the sole determinant of an equity’s worthiness and expected…

The traditional American confectioner not only is offering tasty chocolates and candies but is rewarding its shareholders with a 2.4% dividend yield, while raising its dividend eight consecutive years. In addition to nearly a decade of consecutive dividend hikes, the company has not cut its dividend payout in the last 20 years. Furthermore, the company’s share price rose 15% in…