7 Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts in February 2012
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7 Dividend Stocks Hiking Payouts in February 2012

Jonas Elmerraji from Stockpickr highlighted seven companies that have increased their dividends in February. As we continue to look for companies with dividends, those increasing them is welcome as inflation is likely to be a reality which we have to face.

The seven companies are:

  • Cisco Systems (CSCO) is the largest company to announce a dividend hike. While share prices have been somewhat volatile, dividend payouts have been consistent since the firm announced its first dividend in 2011.
  • Occidental Petroleum (OXY) shares have rallied more than 11% this year
  • United Parcel Service (UPS) hiked its dividend payout by 9.62% bringing the firm's quarterly dividend to 57 cents per share, approximately a 3% dividend yield.
  • 3M (MMM) manufactures a slew of industrial and consumer products that range from Scotch Tape and Post-It Notes. Company management increased the dividend by 9.62% to 59 cents per share. That's 54 consecutive years of payout hikes.
  • MasterCard (MA) doubled its tiny dividend payout on Tuesday, bringing the firm's quarterly dividend to 30 cents per share.
  • The world's largest copper and molybdenum producer, Freeport-McMoRan(FCX) increased its dividend payout  by 25%, bringing its quarterly dividend to 31 cents per share. That's a 2.2% yield at current share price levels.
  • Apache (APA) has paid out a dividend for the last 46 straight years but its current yield is only 0.64%. A 13.33% dividend hike improves Apache's quarterly payout to 17 cents per share, it's still not a material move. This is the least attractive of the bunch.


These are not the usual suspects when it comes to dividend stocks but it is a diversified set of companies -- including a couple of REIT alternatives and so they are worth measuring them against our benchmark ETF portfolio.

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