Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of April 7

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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 However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date.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

Company

Symbol

Ex-Div

Pay

Old Rate

New Rate

Increase

Yield

Years

Bank OZK

(OZK)

4/11

4/19

Company

Symbol

Pay Date

Payout

Price

Yield

Years

Intuit Inc.

(INTU)

4/18

0.9

635.74

0.57%

13

Kadant Inc.

(KAI)

5/8

0.32

299.7

0.43%

12

Oracle Corporation

(ORCL)

4/24

0.4

124.9

1.28%

15

UDR, Inc.

(UDR)

4/30

0.425

36.51

4.66%

14

Verizon Communications Inc.

(VZ)

5/1

0.665

42.12

6.32%

19

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

(WGO)

4/24

0.31

70.01

1.77%

5

Company

Symbol

Pay Date

Payout

Price

Yield

Years

Accenture plc

(ACN)

5/15

1.29

333

1.55%

19

Johnson Outdoors Inc.

(JOUT)

4/25

0.33

45.16

2.92%

11

Riverview Bancorp, Inc.

(RVSB)

4/22

0.06

4.69

5.12%

9

Company

Symbol

Pay Date

Payout

Price

Yield

Years

American Tower Corporation

(AMT)

4/26

1.62

190.17

3.41%

14

General Dynamics Corporation

(GD)

5/10

1.42

295.18

1.92%

33

Company

Symbol

Pay Date

Payout

Price

Yield

Years

AbbVie Inc.

(ABBV)

5/15

1.55

170

3.65%

12

Abbott Laboratories

(ABT)

5/15

0.55

111.2

1.98%

11

American Financial Group, Inc.

(AFG)

4/25

0.71

132.55

2.14%

18

Camden National Corporation

(CAC)

4/30

0.42

31.14

5.39%

7

Graco Inc.

(GGG)

5/1

0.255

91.76

1.11%

27

Hormel Foods Corporation

(HRL)

5/15

0.2825

34.7

3.26%

58

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

(MAA)

4/30

1.47

127.1

4.63%

14

Norwood Financial Corp.

(NWFL)

5/1

0.3

25.38

4.73%

26

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

(PNC)

5/5

1.55

157.37

3.94%

13

Trinity Industries, Inc.

(TRN)

4/30

0.28

27.93

4.01%

14

Watsco, Inc.

(WSO)

4/30

2.7

444.14

2.43%

11

Company

Symbol

Pay Date

Payout

Price

Yield

Years

Alamo Group Inc.

(ALG)

4/29

0.26

218.6

0.48%

10

EOG Resources, Inc.

(EOG)

4/30

0.91

135.94

2.68%

7

Quaker Chemical Corporation

(KWR)

4/30

0.455

196.6

0.93%

16

McGrath RentCorp

(MGRC)

4/30

0.475

120.46

1.58%

32

RGC Resources, Inc.

(RGCO)

5/1

0.2

21.29

3.76%

20

Company

Symbol

Pay Date

Payout

Yield

Agree Realty Corporation

(ADC)

4/12

0.247

5.29%

Air Lease Corporation

(AL)

4/10

0.21

1.66%

Alerus Financial Corporation

(ALRS)

4/12

0.19

3.65%

Amphenol Corporation

(APH)

4/10

0.22

0.75%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

(ARE)

4/15

1.27

4.08%

BancFirst Corporation

(BANF)

4/15

0.43

2.03%

Best Buy Co., Inc.

(BBY)

4/11

0.94

4.72%

Franklin Resources, Inc.

(BEN)

4/12

0.31

4.58%

Cardinal Health, Inc.

(CAH)

4/15

0.5006

1.82%

Community Bank System, Inc.

(CBU)

4/10

0.45

3.99%

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

(CCOI)

4/9

0.965

6.10%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation

(CINF)

4/15

0.81

2.67%

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

(CTRE)

4/15

0.29

4.73%

CubeSmart

(CUBE)

4/15

0.51

4.52%

Curtiss-Wright Corporation

(CW)

4/15

0.2

0.31%

DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc.

(DKS)

4/12

1.1

2.11%

DTE Energy Company

(DTE)

4/15

1.02

3.74%

Ecolab Inc.

(ECL)

4/15

0.57

1.00%

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

(EGP)

4/15

1.27

2.92%

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

(ELS)

4/12

0.4775

3.04%

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

(EPRT)

4/12

0.285

4.47%

Equity Residential

(EQR)

4/12

0.675

4.37%

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

(ESS)

4/12

2.45

4.12%

Evans Bancorp, Inc.

(EVBN)

4/9

0.66

4.58%

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

(FCPT)

4/15

0.345

5.84%

First Farmers Financial Corporation

(OTCQX:FFMR)

4/15

0.48

2.80%

Fifth Third Bancorp

(FITB)

4/15

0.35

3.97%

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

(FR)

4/15

0.37

2.87%

Federal Realty Investment Trust

(FRT)

4/15

1.09

4.37%

Fulton Financial Corporation

(FULT)

4/15

0.17

4.44%

Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.

(GNTY)

4/10

0.24

3.27%

Getty Realty Corp.

(GTY)

4/11

0.45

6.74%

Heartland BancCorp

(OTCQX:HLAN)

4/10

0.759

3.59%

Hurco Companies, Inc.

(HURC)

4/12

0.16

3.32%

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

(IIPR)

4/15

1.82

7.21%

IF Bancorp, Inc.

(IROQ)

4/15

0.2

2.39%

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

(ITW)

4/11

1.4

2.13%

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

(JJSF)

4/9

0.735

2.10%

KBR, Inc.

(KBR)

4/15

0.15

0.92%

Kilroy Realty Corporation

(KRC)

4/10

0.54

6.33%

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

(LECO)

4/15

0.71

1.15%

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated

(LEG)

4/15

0.46

9.84%

Lennox International Inc.

(LII)

4/15

1.1

0.92%

Mondelez International, Inc.

(MDLZ)

4/11

0.425

2.50%

Medtronic plc

(MDT)

4/12

0.69

3.26%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

(MPWR)

4/15

1.25

0.76%

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

(MSI)

4/15

0.98

1.11%

National Fuel Gas Company

(NFG)

4/15

0.495

3.76%

NXP Semiconductors N.V.

(NXPI)

4/10

1.014

1.68%

Realty Income Corporation

(O)

4/15

0.257

5.82%

Philip Morris International Inc.

(PM)

4/9

1.3

5.81%

Portland General Electric Company

(POR)

4/15

0.475

4.59%

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

(REXR)

4/15

0.4175

3.44%

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

(RJF)

4/15

0.45

1.40%

Regal Rexnord Corporation

(RRX)

4/12

0.35

0.81%

Republic Services, Inc.

(RSG)

4/15

0.535

1.14%

Sonic Automotive, Inc.

(SAH)

4/15

0.3

2.27%

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

(SFBS)

4/9

0.3

1.91%

Schneider National, Inc.

(SNDR)

4/9

0.095

1.68%

Sempra

(SRE)

4/15

0.62

3.52%

STAG Industrial, Inc.

(STAG)

4/15

0.1233

3.94%

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

(STLD)

4/14

0.46

1.25%

State Street Corporation

(STT)

4/11

0.69

3.64%

Sun Communities, Inc.

(SUI)

4/15

0.94

3.06%

TFI International Inc.

(TFII)

4/15

0.4

1.01%

First Financial Corporation

(THFF)

4/15

0.45

4.91%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

(TMO)

4/15

0.39

0.27%

TowneBank

(TOWN)

4/12

0.25

3.67%

Turning Point Brands, Inc.

(TPB)

4/12

0.07

1.02%

The Toro Company

(TTC)

4/12

0.36

1.66%

U.S. Bancorp

(USB)

4/15

0.49

4.55%

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

(WASH)

4/12

0.56

8.91%

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company

(WTW)

4/15

0.88

1.30%

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

(XRAY)

4/12

0.16

1.98%

The York Water Company

(YORW)

4/15

0.2108

2.43%