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Tuesday, May 21, 1:41 PM Universal Corporation (UVV) declares $0.50/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.29%. For shareholders of record July 8. Payable August 12. Ex-div date July 4. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, May 1, 6:56 AM Tobacco stocks looks ripe for more gains, thinks money manager L.A. Little. It's a case of more of the same in the sector as the cash-rich companies continue to pump out healthy dividends to attract yield-hungry funds. The usual suspects (MO, PM, BTI, RAI, LO) in the sector look to be steady performers while sleepers include Vector Group (VGR) and Universal Corporation (UVV). 7 Comments [Consumer, Quick Ideas, Global & FX]
Friday, April 26, 3:42 PM Looking for dividend picks, Marketwatch screens the S&P 1,500 for 1) Stock trades at less than a 17x PE 2) Dividend yield 20% or more higher than S&P 500 3) Raised dividend at least 5 times in last 5 years 4) S&P Quality Rank of B+ or better. The winners: T, AVA, BAX, CAH, CAG, ED, JNJ, LG, TAP, RAI, SCG, UVV, WR, XEL. 1 Comment
Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 2:42 PM Universal Corp (UVV) declares $0.5/share quarterly dividend, 2.0% increase from prior dividend of $0.49. For shareholders of record Jan 14. Payable Feb. 11. Ex-div Jan 10. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 5:49 PM Universal (UVV) declares $0.49/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 4.31%. For shareholders of record Oct 09. Payable Nov 12. Ex-div date Oct 05. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 11:42 AM S&P Dow Jones Indices adds 14 stocks to its "Dividend Aristocrat" list after reducing to 20 from 25 the number of consecutive years a member must have increased their regular payout. Among those added are Chevron (CVX), General Dynamics (GD), and Avon (AVP). Tracking the index is SDY, +2.7% YTD and yielding 3.24%. 4 Comments
Friday, April 13, 2012, 11:16 AM Investors aren't chasing returns yet, pulling $21B from actively managed large-cap mutual funds in Q1 even as the S&P notched a 12.6% return, reports Morningstar. Fixed income continues to roll - taxable bond funds raking in $78.6B. 7 Comments
Friday, December 2, 2011, 3:47 PM S&P adjusts methodology for its High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index to include companies issuing special cash dividends in the last 25 years. The methodology change precedes the index's annual rebalancing, set for Dec. 7 AH. Among companies added to the index, big gainers: ORI +12.5%, BRC +5.6%. Among deletions: ATO -4.6%, HRL -2.9%, UGI -3.2%, UVV -8.3%. 1 Comment
Monday, August 9, 2010, 7:43 AM Tobacco firms Universal Corp. (UVV) and Alliance One International (AOI) agree to pay a combined $28.35M to settle bribery charges from the Justice Department and SEC. The two firms had allegedly paid more than $5M in bribes to foreign government officials in order to illegally obtain sales contracts. 1 Comment

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