Here are last week’s biggest dividend hikes, initiations, or special dividends, all first covered on InvestingPro+ – including several hikes predicted by data from StreetInsider last weekend. Get a jump on this week’s likely dividend hikes.
1. Nike (NYSE:) hiked its quarterly dividend by 11.5% to $0.340 per share, or $1.36 annualized, with an annual yield of 1.3%. The dividend will be payable on December 28, 2022, to stockholders of record on December 5, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of December 2, 2022. (Predicted last week)
2. Dillard’s (NYSE:) declared a special dividend of $15 per share, with an annual yield of 4.1%. The dividend will be payable on January 9, 2023, to stockholders of record on December 15, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of December 14, 2022.
3. Amkor (NASDAQ:) Technology (NASDAQ: AMKR) hiked its quarterly dividend by 50% to $0.075 per share, or $0.3 annualized, with an annual yield of 1.1%. The dividend will be payable on December 27, 2022, to stockholders of record on December 6, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of December 5, 2022. (Predicted last week)
4. Saratoga Investment (NYSE:) hiked its quarterly dividend by 25.9% to $0.68 per share, or $2.72 annualized, with an annual yield of 12%. The dividend will be payable on January 4, 2023, to stockholders of record on December 15, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of December 14, 2022.
5. Clear Secure Inc (NYSE:) declared a special dividend of $0.25 per share, with an annual yield of 1%. The dividend will be payable on December 7, 2022, to stockholders of record on November 28, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of November 25, 2022.
6. First US Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:) hiked its dividend by 66.7% to $0.05 per share, or $0.2 annualized, with an annual yield of 2.3%. The dividend will be payable on January 3, 2023, to stockholders of record on December 9, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of December 8, 2022.
7. Motorola Solutions (NYSE:) hiked its quarterly dividend by 11.4% to $0.88 per share, or $3.52 annualized, for an annual yield of 1.4%. The dividend will be payable on January 13, 2023, to stockholders of record on December 15, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of December 14, 2022. (Predicted last week)
8. PepsiCo (NASDAQ:) hiked its quarterly dividend by 7% to $1.15 per share, or $4.6 annualized, with an annual yield of 2.6%. The dividend will be payable on January 6, 2023, to stockholders of record on December 2, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of December 1, 2022.
9. CH Robinson Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:) hiked its quarterly dividend by 10.9% to $0.61 per share, or $2.44 annualized, with an annual yield of 2.6%. The dividend will be payable on January 3, 2023, to stockholders of record on December 2, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of December 1, 2022.
10. Pennant Investment (NYSE:) hiked its quarterly dividend by 10% to $0.165 per share, or $0.66 annualized, with an annual yield of 8.4%. The dividend will be payable on January 3, 2023, to stockholders of record on December 19, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of December 16, 2022.
Plus, another five dividend hikes predicted by StreetInsider data last week:
- Brown Forman (NYSE:) Corp A (NYSE:) with a 9% hike to $0.2055 per share
- Agilent Technologies (NYSE:) with a 7.1% hike to $0.225 per share
- Spire (NYSE:) with a 5.4% hike to $0.685 per share
- Flowers Foods (NYSE:) with a 4.8% hike to $0.22 per share
- TrustCo Bank (NASDAQ:) with a 2.95 hike to $0.36 per share
