Joseph Sroka, CFA, CMT Chief Investment Officer, NovaPoint Capital LLC jsroka@novapointcapital.com The Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Stores (ticker: WMT) announced an increase in the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to $0.50 per share from $0.49, a 2.0% increase. This is the 43rd consecutive year the company has raised its dividend. Wal-Mart is …
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Joseph Sroka, CFA, CMT Chief Investment Officer, NovaPoint Capital LLC jsroka@novapointcapital.com The Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price Group (ticker: TROW) announced an increase in the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to $0.54 per share from $0.52, a 3.9% increase. This is the 30th consecutive year the company has raised its dividend. …
Joseph Sroka, CFA, CMT Chief Investment Officer, NovaPoint Capital LLC jsroka@novapointcapital.com The Board of Directors of Genuine Parts (ticker: GPC) announced an increase in the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to $0.6575 per share from $0.6150, a 6.9% increase. This is the 60th consecutive year the company has raised its dividend. Genuine Parts …
Joseph Sroka, CFA, CMT Chief Investment Officer, NovaPoint Capital LLC jsroka@novapointcapital.com The Board of Directors of PepsiCo (ticker: PEP) announced an increase in the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to $0.7525 per share from $0.7025, a 7.1% increase. This is the 44th consecutive year the company has raised its dividend. PepsiCo is one …
Joseph Sroka, CFA, CMT Chief Investment Officer, NovaPoint Capital LLC jsroka@novapointcapital.com The Board of Directors of 3M (ticker: MMM) announced an increase in the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to $1.11 per share from $1.025, an 8.3% increase. This is the 58th consecutive year the company has raised its dividend. 3M is …
Joseph Sroka, CFA, CMT Chief Investment Officer, NovaPoint Capital LLC jsroka@novapointcapital.com The Board of Directors of Praxair (ticker: PX) announced an increase in the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to $0.75 per share from $0.715, a 4.9% increase. This is the 23rd consecutive year the company has raised its dividend. Praxair is one …
Alan J. Conner President and Chief Compliance Officer NovaPoint Capital LLC aconner@novapointcapital.com Retirement plan sponsors that violate their fiduciary duty are coming under fire for not providing adequate investment options, not pursuing collective fund and separate account options and not minimizing plan expenses. Here is a list of Ten Questions every retirement plan sponsor should …
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Joseph Sroka, CFA, CMT Chief Investment Officer, NovaPoint Capital LLC jsroka@novapointcapital.com The Board of Directors of Linear Technology (ticker: LLTC) announced an increase in the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to $0.32 per share from $0.30, a 6.7% increase. This is the 24th consecutive year the company has raised its dividend. Linear Technology …
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Joseph Sroka, CFA, CMT Chief Investment Officer, NovaPoint Capital LLC jsroka@novapointcapital.com A key component of the investment strategy at NovaPoint Capital is owning companies that have demonstrated track records of annual dividend increases. In December, three of the companies in our Dividend Growth strategy announced dividend increases: AT&T (T), Dominion Resources (D) and Pentair (PNR). These companies …
Joseph Sroka, CFA, CMT Chief Investment Officer, NovaPoint Capital LLC jsroka@novapointcapital.com The Board of Directors of AT&T (ticker: T) announced an increase in the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to $0.48 per share from $0.47, a 2.1% increase. This is the 32nd consecutive year the company has raised its dividend. AT&T is one …
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