Dividend checks continue to get fatter in corporate America, as more companies jack up their distribution rates.
Readers of the Income Investor newsletter can certainly appreciate that kind of thinking. Let's take a closer look at some of the companies that inched their payouts higher this past week.
Let's start with Duke Energy
The utility giant's quarterly disbursements are ascending 2% to $0.255 a share. It may not seem like much of an increase, but Duke Energy has come through with annual boosts every year since 2007. That's perhaps not coincidentally around the same time that the company completed its acquisition of Cinergy.
In other words, shareholders should expect the increases to continue even as it completes its acquisition of Progress Energy this week.
General Mills
Worthington Industries
Finally we have Kayne Anderson Energy Development
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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