Chasing the Yield

Investing for income through dividends and distributions

  • Walgreens (WBA) cuts dividend by 48% ending 92 year streak

    Walgreens (WBA) cuts dividend by 48% ending 92 year streak

    Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) today announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share, a reduction of 48 percent from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on March 12, 2024, to stockholders of record as of Feb. 20, 2024. Chief Executive Officer Tim Wentworth said:…

  • Bank OZK (OZK) raises dividen 2.7%, its 54th consecutive quarterly increase

    Bank OZK (OZK) raises dividen 2.7%, its 54th consecutive quarterly increase

    Bank OZK (the “Bank”) (Nasdaq: OZK) announced its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Bank’s common stock of $0.38 per share, up $0.01, or 2.70% from the prior quarter. The common stock dividend is payable on January 23, 2024 to shareholders of record as of January 16, 2024. Bank OZK has increased its quarterly cash dividend on its common stock…

  • WEC Energy (WEC) increases dividend by 7.1%, its 20th annual increase

    WEC Energy (WEC) increases dividend by 7.1%, its 20th 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 83.50 cents per share in the first quarter of 2024. This would represent an increase of 5.5 cents per share, or 7 percent. The directors expect to declare…

  • Nucor (NUE) raises dividend 5.9%, its 51st annual increase

    Nucor (NUE) raises dividend 5.9%, its 51st annual increase

    The Board of Directors of Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) today announced the increase of its regular quarterly cash dividend on Nucor’s common stock to $0.54 per share. This cash dividend is payable on February 9, 2024 to stockholders of record on December 29, 2023 and is Nucor’s 203rd consecutive quarterly cash dividend. Nucor has increased its regular, or base, dividend for 51 consecutive years – every year since it first…

  • Franklin Resources (BEN) increases dividend by 3.3%

    Franklin Resources (BEN) increases dividend by 3.3%

    Franklin Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) [NYSE:BEN] announced a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.31 per share payable on January 12, 2024 to stockholders of record holding shares of common stock at the close of business on January 3, 2024. The quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share represents a 3.3% increase over the dividends…

  • Realty Income (O) nudges dividend higher by 0.2%

    Realty Income (O) nudges dividend higher by 0.2%

    This marks their 123rd 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 $0.2565 per share from $0.2560 per share. The dividend is payable on January 12, 2024, to stockholders of record as of January 2, 2024. This…