Chasing the Yield
Investing for income through dividends and distributions
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Philip Morris (PM) raises dividend by 2.4%
The Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) has increased the company’s regular quarterly dividend by 2.4% to an annualized rate of $5.20 per share. The new quarterly dividend of $1.30 per share, up from $1.27 per share, is payable on October 12, 2023, to shareholders of record as of September 27, 2023. The ex-dividend date is September 26, 2023. Philip Morris
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Dividend Safe as Dominion Energy Wraps Up Strategic Review; Payout Ratio Above Target
Dominion Energy has been in the energy business since 1898. It’s one of the biggest utility companies in the U.S. and serves about 7 million customers in Virginia, the Carolinas, Ohio, and Utah electricity and gas. Dominion has steady and predictable income because it is regulated utility. Regulated utilities are like monopolies that are controlled…
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Realty Income raises dividend by 0.20%, its 122nd monthly increase
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 $0.2560 per share from $0.2555 per share. The dividend is payable on October 13, 2023, to stockholders of record as of October 2, 2023. This is the 122nd dividend increase since Realty Income’s…
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New Jersey Resources (NJR) increases dividend by 7.7%, its 28th consecutive annual increase
The board of directors (the “Board”) of New Jersey Resources Corporation (NYSE: NJR) unanimously approved a 7.7 percent increase in the quarterly dividend rate to $0.42 per share from $0.39 per share. The new quarterly rate will be effective with the dividend payable October 2, 2023 to shareowners of record on September 20, 2023. This…
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Verizon (VZ) raises dividend 1.9%, its 17th annual increase
The Board of Directors at Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 66.50 cents per outstanding share, an increase of 1.25 cents per share from the previous quarter. The quarterly dividend is payable on November 1, 2023, to Verizon shareholders of record at the close of business on October 10,…
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TC Energy intends to spin-off Pipelines business into separate company
TC Energy, a company that develops and operates energy infrastructure, announced that it plans to spin off its Liquids Pipelines business into a separate company. The decision was made after a two-year strategic review and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2024. The spinoff will create two independent, investment-grade, publicly listed…