Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of October 23

Introduction

The Dividend Champions list is a monthly compilation of companies which have consistently increased their annual dividend payouts. However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date. Furthermore, with over 700 companies on the list, the sheer amount of data can quickly become overwhelming. In this weekly series, I highlight recent and upcoming dividend related activity for companies on the Dividend Champions list.

In the data presented below, Yield is forward annualized and Years reflects the up-to-date streak, including dividends declared since the last edition of the Dividend Champions list.

Dividend Changes

In the past week, the following companies declared dividends which changed from their previous payouts.

Increases:

Company	Symbol	Ex-Div	Pay	Old Rate	New Rate	Increase	Yield	Years
Brown & Brown, Inc.	(BRO)	11/1	11/16	0.1025	0.115	12.20%	0.75%	29
Crown Castle International Corp.	(CCI)	12/14	12/30	1.47	1.565	6.46%	5.07%	9
Celanese Corporation	(CE)	10/28	11/14	0.68	0.7	2.94%	2.96%	13
Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.	(FDBC)	11/17	12/9	0.33	0.36	9.09%	3.24%	8
Home Bancorp, Inc.	(HBCP)	10/28	11/10	0.23	0.24	4.35%	2.38%	9
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	(HCSG)	11/17	12/22	0.21375	0.215	0.58%	6.49%	20
Heartland Financial USA, Inc.	(HTLF)	11/10	11/29	0.27	0.28	3.70%	2.37%	6
Hubbell Incorporated	(HUBB)	11/29	12/15	1.05	1.12	6.67%	2.07%	15
IDACORP, Inc.	(IDA)	11/1	11/30	0.75	0.79	5.33%	3.25%	11
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.	(LECO)	12/29	1/13	0.56	0.64	14.29%	1.95%	28
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.	(MMP)	11/4	11/14	1.0375	1.0475	0.96%	8.30%	22
Middlesex Water Company	(MSEX)	11/15	12/1	0.29	0.3125	7.76%	1.56%	50
Mueller Water Products, Inc	(MWA)	11/9	11/21	0.058	0.061	5.17%	2.28%	8
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.	(PB)	12/14	1/3	0.52	0.55	5.77%	3.04%	25
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation	(PNW)	10/31	12/1	0.85	0.865	1.76%	5.39%	11

Decreases:

None

Last Chance to Buy

These companies have ex-dividend dates approaching. The following tables indicate the last day you can buy these stocks in order to be eligible for the upcoming dividend. Tables are sorted alphabetically by symbol.

Monday Oct 24 (Ex-Div 10/25)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
AptarGroup, Inc.	(ATR)	11/16	0.38	97.52	1.56%	28
The Clorox Company	(CLX)	11/10	1.18	136.25	3.46%	45
Royal Bank of Canada	(RY)	11/24	1.28 CAD	90.72	4.12%	7
Thor Industries, Inc.	(THO)	11/9	0.45	76.59	2.35%	13

Tuesday Oct 25 (Ex-Div 10/26)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	(BK)	11/10	0.37	40.23	3.68%	12
Fastenal Company	(FAST)	11/23	0.31	46.09	2.69%	23
First Republic Bank	(FRC)	11/10	0.27	112.35	0.96%	11
PNM Resources, Inc.	(PNM)	11/10	0.3475	46.07	3.02%	11

Wednesday Oct 26 (Ex-Div 10/27)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
Costco Wholesale Corporation	(COST)	11/10	0.9	478.18	0.75%	19
Union Bankshares, Inc.	(UNB)	11/3	0.35	24.89	5.62%	10
Unum Group	(UNM)	11/18	0.33	43.59	3.03%	14

Thursday Oct 27 (Ex-Div 10/28)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
Agree Realty Corporation	(ADC)	11/14	0.24	65.28	4.41%	10
A. O. Smith Corporation	(AOS)	11/15	0.3	50.13	2.39%	29
Sierra Bancorp	(BSRR)	11/14	0.23	21.66	4.25%	10
Celanese Corporation	(CE)	11/14	0.7	94.64	2.96%	13
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.	(EPD)	11/14	0.475	25.01	7.60%	25
Home Bancorp, Inc.	(HBCP)	11/10	0.24	40.27	2.38%	9
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana	(HFBL)	11/14	0.12	18.82	2.55%	9
Kinder Morgan, Inc.	(KMI)	11/15	0.2775	17.52	6.34%	5
Alliant Energy Corporation	(LNT)	11/15	0.4275	49.76	3.44%	19
Morgan Stanley	(MS)	11/15	0.775	79.22	3.91%	9
NiSource Inc.	(NI)	11/18	0.235	24.49	3.84%	11
National Retail Properties, Inc.	(NNN)	11/15	0.55	39.66	5.55%	33
Northwest Natural Holding Company	(NWN)	11/15	0.485	45.81	4.23%	67
Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.	(ORRF)	11/7	0.19	24.86	3.06%	7
Star Group, L.P.	(SGU)	11/8	0.1525	8.46	7.21%	10
SL Green Realty Corp.	(SLG)	11/15	0.3108	37.3	10.00%	11
STAG Industrial, Inc.	(STAG)	11/15	0.121667	28.36	5.15%	12
Texas Instruments Incorporated	(TXN)	11/15	1.24	159.72	3.11%	19
Value Line, Inc.	(VALU)	11/10	0.25	65.48	1.53%	8

Friday Oct 28 (Ex-Div 10/31)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
The AES Corporation	(AES)	11/15	0.158	24.48	2.58%	11
Ally Financial Inc.	(ALLY)	11/15	0.3	26.07	4.60%	7
Aon plc	(AON)	11/15	0.56	280.12	0.80%	11
Ames National Corporation	(ATLO)	11/15	0.27	22.44	4.81%	12
Bank of Montreal	(BMO)	11/28	1.39 CAD	89.87	4.52%	7
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.	(CASY)	11/15	0.38	214.53	0.71%	22
Donegal Group Inc. A	(DGICA)	11/15	0.165	14.61	4.52%	20
Donegal Group Inc. B	(DGICB)	11/15	0.1475	14.74	4.00%	20
East West Bancorp, Inc.	(EWBC)	11/15	0.4	66.7	2.40%	5
Hingham Institution for Savings	(HIFS)	11/9	0.61	246.01	0.99%	15
Realty Income Corporation	(O)	11/15	0.248	57.63	5.16%	29
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation	(PNW)	12/1	0.865	64.18	5.39%	11
1st Source Corporation	(SRCE)	11/10	0.32	55.89	2.29%	35
Zoetis Inc.	(ZTS)	12/1	0.325	147.21	0.88%	10

Money on the Way

The following companies have dividend pay dates in the upcoming week (Tuesday through the following Monday). Check if you want your DRIPs to reinvest at these yields…or take the cash and go have a steak dinner!

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Yield
Agilent Technologies, Inc.	(A)	10/26	0.21	0.6%
American Financial Group, Inc.	(AFG)	10/25	0.63	1.9%
American Tower Corporation	(AMT)	10/26	1.47	3.1%
The Bank of Nova Scotia	(BNS)	10/27	1.03 CAD	6.4%
Brady Corporation	(BRC)	10/28	0.23	2.1%
First Busey Corporation	(BUSE)	10/28	0.23	3.8%
Camden National Corporation	(CAC)	10/31	0.4	3.7%
City Holding Company	(CHCO)	10/31	0.65	2.6%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	(CM)	10/28	0.83 CAD	5.5%
Comcast Corporation	(CMCSA)	10/26	0.27	3.5%
Cisco Systems, Inc.	(CSCO)	10/26	0.38	3.6%
Dillard’s, Inc.	(DDS)	10/31	0.2	0.3%
Danaher Corporation	(DHR)	10/28	0.25	0.4%
Amdocs Limited	(DOX)	10/28	0.395	1.9%
Edison International	(EIX)	10/31	0.7	5.0%
The Ensign Group, Inc.	(ENSG)	10/31	0.055	0.3%
EOG Resources, Inc.	(EOG)	10/31	0.75	2.2%
First Bancorp	(FBNC)	10/25	0.22	2.2%
Gladstone Investment	(GAIN)	10/31	0.08	7.8%
Global Water Resources, Inc.	(GWRS)	10/31	0.02458	2.5%
Humana Inc.	(HUM)	10/28	0.7875	0.6%
IDEX Corporation	(IEX)	10/28	0.6	1.2%
Ingredion Incorporated	(INGR)	10/25	0.71	3.4%
Investar Holding Corporation	(ISTR)	10/31	0.095	1.8%
Johnson Outdoors Inc.	(JOUT)	10/27	0.31	2.6%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	(JPM)	10/31	1	3.3%
Quaker Chemical Corporation	(KWR)	10/31	0.435	1.2%
Gladstone Land Corporation	(LAND)	10/31	0.0458	2.8%
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.	(MAA)	10/31	1.25	3.3%
McGrath RentCorp	(MGRC)	10/31	0.455	2.1%
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	(MKC)	10/25	0.37	2.0%
Morningstar, Inc.	(MORN)	10/31	0.36	0.7%
NetApp, Inc.	(NTAP)	10/26	0.5	3.0%
OGE Energy Corp.	(OGE)	10/28	0.4141	4.7%
Oracle Corporation	(ORCL)	10/25	0.32	1.8%
RPM International Inc.	(RPM)	10/31	0.42	1.9%
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.	(SSD)	10/27	0.26	1.3%
Stryker Corporation	(SYK)	10/31	0.695	1.3%
Sysco Corporation	(SYY)	10/28	0.49	2.4%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank	(TD)	10/31	0.89 CAD	4.1%
Trinity Industries, Inc.	(TRN)	10/31	0.23	3.9%
TTEC Holdings, Inc.	(TTEC)	10/26	0.52	2.5%
UDR, Inc.	(UDR)	10/31	0.38	3.9%
WD-40 Company	(WDFC)	10/31	0.78	2.1%
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	(WLY)	10/26	0.3475	3.6%
Watsco, Inc.	(WSO)	10/31	2.2	3.5%