I love to kick off the new trading week by taking a quick peek at companies that have just hiked their dividends. It's not just about the money. A company that is easing up on its pocketbook probably has improving fundamentals to back up that generosity.
Readers of the Income Investor newsletter can certainly appreciate that kind of thinking. Let's take a closer look at four of the companies that inched their payouts higher over the past week.
Let's start with Coca-Cola
Tim Hortons
Sherwin-Williams
Finally, we have Comcast
Some of these moves may not sound like much, but consider the companies going the other way last week:
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New York Times
(NYSE:NYT) and McClatchy(NYSE:MNI) are eliminating their dividends, as the iconic newspaper operators try to conserve their cash. - Broadcasting titan CBS
(NYSE:CBS) is slashing its once-generous payout by a whopping 81%.
Subscribers to the Income Investor newsletter can appreciate the companies sending more and more money to their investors. The newsletter singles out companies that are committed to growing their distributions with market-thumping results.
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