Chasing the Yield

Investing for income through dividends and distributions

  • Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.19%, its 128th increase since 1994

    Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.19%, its 128th increase since 1994

    Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced it has declared an increase in the company’s common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2640 per share from $0.2635 per share. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2025, to stockholders of record as of January 2, 2025. This is the 128th…

  • Walgreens (WBA) in talks to sell to private equity firm

    Walgreens (WBA) in talks to sell to private equity firm

    Shares of Walgreens have jumped 21% on the news. Walgreens is in talks to sell itself to a private-equity firm in a deal that would take the pharmacy chain off the public market after its shares have been on a downward slide for nearly a decade. Walgreens Boots Alliance and Sycamore Partners have been discussing…

  • WEC Energy Group (WEC) increases dividend by 6.9%, its 21st consecutive annual increase

    WEC Energy Group (WEC) increases dividend by 6.9%, its 21st consecutive annual increase

    The board of directors of WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC) today announced that it is planning to raise the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to 89.25 cents per share in the first quarter of 2025. This would represent an increase of 5.75 cents per share, or 6.9 percent. The directors expect to declare the…

  • Eastman Chemical (EMN) increases dividend by 2.5%, its 15th consecutive annual increase

    Eastman Chemical (EMN) increases dividend by 2.5%, its 15th consecutive annual increase

    The Board of Directors of Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) has declared an increase in the quarterly cash dividend from $0.81 to $0.83 per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable Jan. 8, 2025, to stockholders of record as of Dec. 16, 2024. “We are proud to continue our strong tradition of returning…

  • CIBC (CM) increases dividend by 7.8%, its 14th consecutive annual increase

    CIBC (CM) increases dividend by 7.8%, its 14th consecutive annual increase

    CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.97 per share on common shares for the quarter ending January 31, 2025 an increase of $0.07 per share from the previous quarter. This dividend is payable on January 28, 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2024. CIBC

  • Franklin Resources (BEN) increase dividend by 3.2%, marking 43 consecutive annual increases

    Franklin Resources (BEN) increase dividend by 3.2%, marking 43 consecutive annual increases

    Franklin Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) [NYSE:BEN] announced a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.32 per share payable on January 10, 2025 to stockholders of record holding shares of common stock at the close of business on December 30, 2024. The quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share represents a 3.2% increase over the dividends…