Dividend Champion And Contender Highlights: Week Of December 29

Summary

• A weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Champions and Contenders.
• Companies which declared increased dividends.
• Companies with upcoming ex-dividend dates.
• Companies with upcoming pay dates.
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Introduction

The Dividend Champions list is a monthly compilation of companies which have consistently increased their annual dividend payouts, and the latest edition may be found here. However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date. Furthermore, with close to 900 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 holding Champion (25+ years) and Contender (10-24 years) status.

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 Increases

In the past week, no companies on the Champions or Contenders list declared dividends which were higher than their previous payouts.

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 December 30 (Ex-Div 12/31)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
ABM Industries Inc.	(ABM)	2/3	0.185	38.5	1.9%	52
Andersons Inc.	(ANDE)	1/23	0.175	24.74	2.8%	17
Air Products & Chem.	(APD)	2/10	1.16	235.49	2.0%	37
Cardinal Health Inc.	(CAH)	1/15	0.4811	51.5	3.7%	23
Essex Property Trust	(ESS)	1/15	1.95	299.73	2.6%	25
Federal Realty Inv. Trust	(FRT)	1/15	1.05	128.15	3.3%	52
John Wiley & Sons Inc.	(JW.A)	1/16	0.34	48.43	2.8%	26
Realty Income Corp.	(O)	1/15	0.2275	73.25	3.7%	26
Republic Services Inc.	(RSG)	1/15	0.405	90.2	1.8%	17
Domtar Corp.	(UFS)	1/15	0.455	38.42	4.7%	10

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Tuesday December 31 (Ex-Div 1/2)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Analyst’s Disclosure:I am/we are long BMY, O, SYY, TCO. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.