Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of January 2

Jan. 02, 2022 12:14 AM ETABM, AL, AL.PR.A, AVNT, BBY, BMY, BMYMP, BR, BRC, CB, CBU, CHDN, CMCSA, CONE, CPK, CSCO, CULP, EMN, ERIE, FLIC, FNLC, FSV, GL, GNTX, GPC, GTY, HBNC, HEI, HEI.A, HGH, HIG, HIG.PR.G, HLNE, HPQ, IFF, INDB, INTU, JPM, JPM.PR.C, JPM.PR.L, JPM.PR.M, KAI, KMB, LNC, LRCX, MA, MKC, MKC.V, MO, MORN, MRK, NDSN, NTAP, OC, OGE, ORCL, PEP, PM, QSR, REG, RGLD, ROP, RVSB, SCVL, SEIC, SFBS, SFNC, SR, SR.PR.A, SRCU, SSD, SYY, THFF, TRNO, UCBI, UCBIO, UDR, UVV, VZ, WASH, QSR:CA, FSV:CA13 Comments

Justin Law

Investing Group Leader

Summary

A weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers.
Companies which changed their 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. However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date.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:

None

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 Jan 3 (Ex-Div 1/4)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
Comcast Corporation	(CMCSA)	1/26	0.25	50.33	1.99%	14
Cisco Systems, Inc.	(CSCO)	1/26	0.37	63.37	2.34%	11
Erie Indemnity Company	(ERIE)	1/20	1.11	192.66	2.30%	32
The First of Long Island Corporation	(FLIC)	1/14	0.2	21.59	3.71%	26
Riverview Bancorp, Inc.	(RVSB)	1/17	0.055	7.69	2.86%	7

Tuesday Jan 4 (Ex-Div 1/5)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
ABM Industries Incorporated	(ABM)	2/7	0.195	40.85	1.91%	55
HEICO Corporation	(HEI)	1/20	0.09	144.22	0.12%	14
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	(JPM)	1/31	1	158.35	2.53%	11
Kadant Inc.	(KAI)	2/3	0.25	230.48	0.43%	9
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.	(SSD)	1/27	0.25	139.07	0.72%	8

Wednesday Jan 5 (Ex-Div 1/6)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
Bristol Myers Squibb Company	(BMY)	2/1	0.54	62.35	3.46%	13
Globe Life Inc.	(GL)	2/1	0.1975	93.72	0.84%	16
Gentex Corporation	(GNTX)	1/19	0.12	34.85	1.38%	11
Horizon Bancorp, Inc.	(HBNC)	1/21	0.15	20.85	2.88%	11
Mastercard Incorporated	(MA)	2/9	0.49	359.32	0.55%	11
Morningstar, Inc.	(MORN)	1/31	0.36	341.99	0.42%	12
NetApp, Inc.	(NTAP)	1/26	0.5	91.99	2.17%	9
Owens Corning	(OC)	1/21	0.35	90.5	1.55%	9
Oracle Corporation	(ORCL)	1/19	0.32	87.21	1.47%	13
Royal Gold, Inc.	(RGLD)	1/21	0.35	105.21	1.33%	21
Sysco Corporation	(SYY)	1/28	0.47	78.55	2.39%	51
First Financial Corporation	(THFF)	1/14	0.53	45.29	2.34%	32

Thursday Jan 6 (Ex-Div 1/7)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
Brady Corporation	(BRC)	1/31	0.225	53.9	1.67%	36
The First Bancorp, Inc.	(FNLC)	1/21	0.32	31.4	4.08%	8
Intuit Inc.	(INTU)	1/18	0.68	643.22	0.42%	11
Lincoln National Corporation	(LNC)	2/1	0.45	68.26	2.64%	12
OGE Energy Corp.	(OGE)	1/28	0.41	38.38	4.27%	15
Roper Technologies, Inc.	(ROP)	1/24	0.62	491.86	0.50%	29
Shoe Carnival, Inc.	(SCVL)	1/24	0.07	39.08	0.72%	10
UDR, Inc.	(UDR)	1/31	0.3625	59.99	2.42%	11
Universal Corporation	(UVV)	2/7	0.78	54.92	5.68%	51
Verizon Communications Inc.	(VZ)	2/1	0.64	51.96	4.93%	17

Friday Jan 7 (Ex-Div 1/10)

Company	Symbol	Pay Date	Payout	Price	Yield	Years
Culp, Inc.	(CULP)	1/19	0.115	9.51	4.84%	11

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
Air Lease Corporation	(AL)	1/5	0.185	1.7%
Avient Corporation	(AVNT)	1/7	0.2375	1.7%
Best Buy Co., Inc.	(BBY)	1/4	0.7	2.8%
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.	(BR)	1/5	0.64	1.4%
Chubb Limited	(CB)	1/7	0.8	1.7%
Community Bank System, Inc.	(CBU)	1/10	0.43	2.3%
Churchill Downs Incorporated	(CHDN)	1/7	0.667	0.3%
CyrusOne Inc.	(CONE)	1/7	0.52	2.3%
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation	(CPK)	1/5	0.48	1.3%
Eastman Chemical Company	(EMN)	1/7	0.76	2.5%
FirstService Corporation	(FSV)	1/7	0.1825	0.4%
Genuine Parts Company	(GPC)	1/4	0.815	2.3%
Getty Realty Corp.	(GTY)	1/6	0.41	5.1%
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.	(HIG)	1/4	0.385	2.2%
Hamilton Lane Incorporated	(HLNE)	1/6	0.35	1.4%
HP Inc.	(HPQ)	1/5	0.25	2.7%
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.	(IFF)	1/7	0.79	2.1%
Independent Bank Corp.	(INDB)	1/7	0.48	2.4%
Kimberly-Clark Corporation	(KMB)	1/4	1.14	3.2%
Lam Research Corporation	(LRCX)	1/5	1.5	0.8%
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	(MKC)	1/10	0.37	1.5%
Altria Group, Inc.	(MO)	1/10	0.9	7.6%
Merck & Co., Inc.	(MRK)	1/7	0.69	3.6%
Nordson Corporation	(NDSN)	1/4	0.51	0.8%
PepsiCo, Inc.	(PEP)	1/7	1.075	2.5%
Philip Morris International Inc.	(PM)	1/10	1.25	5.3%
Restaurant Brands International Inc.	(QSR)	1/5	0.53	3.5%
Regency Centers Corporation	(REG)	1/5	0.625	3.3%
SEI Investments Company	(SEIC)	1/7	0.4	1.3%
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.	(SFBS)	1/7	0.23	1.1%
Simmons First National Corporation	(SFNC)	1/4	0.18	2.4%
Spire Inc.	(SR)	1/4	0.685	4.2%
Terreno Realty Corporation	(TRNO)	1/5	0.34	1.6%
United Community Banks, Inc.	(UCBI)	1/5	0.2	2.2%
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.	(WASH)	1/7	0.54	3.8%

Conclusion

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This article was written by

Justin Law

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I am the curator of the Dividend Champions list, a monthly publication of companies with a history of consistently increasing their dividends. My primary investing focus is in deep value and dividend paying stocks, but I am constantly exploring alternative strategies. I have a Ph.D in Chemistry from Rice University and have earned the CFA Institute Investment Foundations certificate. I am a contributor to The Dividend Kings marketplace service.

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