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A diversified technology company boosted its most recent quarterly dividend payout by 12% and will pay its shareholders a 2.1% yield. The current dividend boost advances the company’s current streak of annual dividend hikes to seven consecutive years. Additionally, the company has failed to enhance its annual dividend only once in the past 13 years. Over the past 12 months,…

October 13, 2017 By  Tim McPartland Tiny lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ: SOHO) has sold a new cumulative, redeemable preferred stock issue to refinance some of its current outstanding debt. The small preferred issue of 1.2 million shares carries a coupon of 7.875%. This coupon is somewhat higher than preferreds being issued by most REITs now.…

A manufacturer of advanced materials for use in precision instruments and technology offers its shareholders six consecutive years of rising dividends and currently pays a 2% forward dividend yield. In addition to the rising dividends, the company’s share price rose more than 27% over the last year. The combination of rising dividends and asset appreciation provided investors with a 33.4%…

Date Issued   10/4/2017 Shares Issued   1,200,000   Overallotment Shares 180,000 S&P Rating  NR       Moodys  NR Security Ticker Symbol   SOHOO       OTC Temporary Ticker   SOHPP Market Traded ON   NASDAQ Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th  of January, April, July and October beginning on  1/15/2018 Quarterly Dividend   .492   Annual Dividend   1.967 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 10/15/2022 for a redemption price of $25/share…

A utility company from the U.S. Southwest has rewarded its investors with 12 years of rising dividends and a current yield of 2.5%. The company’s current yield is higher than its own five-year average yield. Additionally, the company’s current yield outperforms the average yield of its peers in the Utilities sector. In addition to the above-average yielding dividend income, the…