The list of the companies that have suspended or lowered dividend payouts is long due to the disruption around the pandemic, but there are some outliers.
Companies that recently raised their dividend payouts include Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL), Costco (NASDAQ:COST), Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR), First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and UDR (NYSE:UDR).
Next week’s forecasted dividend adjustments include Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) to $0.09 from $0.08, Great Western Bancorp (NYSE:GWB) to $0.33 from $0.30, Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) to $1.04 from $0.97, W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) to $1.56 from $1.44, Evercore (NYSE:EVR) to $0.61 from $0.58, Travelers to $0.85 from $0.82, Southern Co. (NYSE:SO) to $0.64 from $0.62, Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) to $0.60 from $0.585, People’s United (NASDAQ:PBCT) to $0.18 from $0.1775, Healthcare Services (NASDAQ:HCSG) to $0.2025 to $0.20125, Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) to $0.01 from $0.25, Equitrans Midstream (NYSE:ETRN) to $0.15 from $0.45 and CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP), to $0.15 from $0.29.
Goldman Sachs tiene la solucion, propone acabar con los dividendos crecientes
Kron and Covello say that “stocks of dividend paying companies are under significant pressure” and that variable dividends “could mitigate this impact in the future.”
