Friday, May 4, 2018

Dividend Increases This Week (Apr 30 - May 04)

One way to identify dividend growth stocks is to look for dividend increases. Companies that pay rising dividends are likely to be financially healthy, generate consistent cash flow and regular dividend. I am interested in stocks with at least ten consecutive years of increasing annual dividend payments (Dividend Achievers). Here is a list of US companies that increased their dividends this week.


PepsiCo Inc. (PEP)

Industry: Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
Sector: Consumer Defensive

PepsiCo Inc is a food, snack and beverage company. It manufactures, markets, distributes and sells convenient and enjoyable beverages, foods and snacks, serving customers and consumers in more than 200 countries and territories.

PepsiCo, Inc. has declared quarterly dividend of $0.9280 (+15.2800% increase). It goes ex-dividend on 05-31-2018 and is payable on 06-29-2018. PepsiCo, Inc. has 46 years of consecutive dividend increase.

Price $97.6
Market Cap $138.382 billion
Annualized Dividend $3.71
Yield 3.801%
EPS(TTM) $5.25
Payout Ratio 70.667%
50-day moving average $107.695
200-day moving average $112.228
P/E Ratio 18.86
52 week range $96.7 - $122.51


2-Year Dividend History

DeclaredDate Ex-DividendDate RecordDate PayableDate Qualified Amount
2018-02-05 2018-03-01 2018-03-02 2018-03-30 Q $0.805
2017-11-17 2017-11-30 2017-12-01 2018-01-08 $0.805
2017-07-14 2017-08-30 2017-09-01 2017-09-29 Q $0.805
2017-05-02 2017-05-31 2017-06-02 2017-06-30 Q $0.805
2017-02-02 2017-03-01 2017-03-03 2017-03-31 Q $0.7525
2016-11-17 2016-11-30 2016-12-02 2017-01-06 Q $0.7525
2016-07-14 2016-08-31 2016-09-02 2016-09-30 Q $0.7525
2016-05-03 2016-06-01 2016-06-03 2016-06-30 Q $0.7525


Trailing Twelve Months Earnings

Actual EPS Estimated EPS Fiscal Period Y-O-Y Growth
$0.96 $0.92 Q1 2018 2%
$1.31 $1.3 Q4 2017 9%
$1.48 $1.42 Q3 2017 6%
$1.5 $1.39 Q2 2017 11%


Peer Comparison

Ticker Name Dividend Yield EPS (TTM) P/E P/B Price/Sales Payout Ratio
PEP PepsiCo Inc. $3.71 3.801% $5.25 18.86 12.67 2.153 70.667%
UL Unilever PLC $1.916 3.572% $0 N/A 4.05 0.014 N/A
KO Coca-Cola Company (The) $1.56 3.724% $1.95 21.72 10.48 5.277 80.0%
K Kellogg Company $2.16 3.715% $4.04 14.8 8.88 2.031 53.465%
DPS Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc $2.32 1.953% $4.5 26.38 8.61 3.176 51.556%
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. $0.88 2.342% $2.24 17.37 2.15 2.885 39.286%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $0 0% $1.47 35.89 7.62 11.292 0.0%
KHC The Kraft Heinz Company $2.5 4.55% $3.6 16.11 1.01 3.424 69.444%








RLI Corp. (RLI)

Industry: Insurance - Property & Casualty
Sector: Financial Services

RLI Corp provides property and casualty insurance coverages in both the specialty admitted and excess and surplus markets. It distributes its property and casualty insurance through branch offices.

RLI Corp. has declared quarterly dividend of $0.2200 (+4.7620% increase). It goes ex-dividend on 05-30-2018 and is payable on 06-20-2018. RLI Corp. has 41 years of consecutive dividend increase.

Price $63.14
Market Cap $2.794 billion
Annualized Dividend $0.84
Yield 1.33%
EPS(TTM) $1.76
Payout Ratio 47.727%
50-day moving average $63.013
200-day moving average $58.22
P/E Ratio 36.78
52 week range $50.34 - $65.68


2-Year Dividend History

DeclaredDate Ex-DividendDate RecordDate PayableDate Qualified Amount
2018-02-08 2018-02-27 2018-02-28 2018-03-20 $0.21
2017-11-09 2017-11-29 2017-11-30 2017-12-27 $0.21
2017-11-09 2017-11-29 2017-11-30 2017-12-27 $1.75
2017-08-09 2017-08-29 2017-08-31 2017-09-20 Q $0.21
2017-05-04 2017-05-26 2017-05-31 2017-06-20 Q $0.21
2017-02-09 2017-02-24 2017-02-28 2017-03-20 Q $0.2
2016-11-10 2016-11-28 2016-11-30 2016-12-23 Q $0.2
2016-11-10 2016-11-28 2016-11-30 2016-12-23 Q $2
2016-08-10 2016-08-29 2016-08-31 2016-09-19 Q $0.2
2016-05-05 2016-05-26 2016-05-31 2016-06-20 Q $0.2


Trailing Twelve Months Earnings

Actual EPS Estimated EPS Fiscal Period Y-O-Y Growth
$0.6 $0.52 Q1 2018 36%
$0.51 $0.48 Q4 2017 -9%
$0.04 $0.02 Q3 2017 -89%
$0.61 $0.54 Q2 2017 None


Peer Comparison

Ticker Name Dividend Yield EPS (TTM) P/E P/B Price/Sales Payout Ratio
RLI RLI Corp. $0.84 1.33% $1.76 36.78 3.35 3.557 47.727%
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. $0 0% $3.45 22.85 1.38 2.015 0.0%
AFG American Financial Group Inc. $1.4 1.287% $6.56 16.76 1.86 1.87 21.341%
WRB W.R. Berkley Corporation $0.56 0.759% $2.77 27.02 1.73 1.216 20.217%
CNA CNA Financial Corporation $1.2 2.478% $3.54 13.79 1.16 1.361 33.898%
MKL Markel Corporation $0 0% $9.15 122.87 1.69 2.538 0.0%
ORI Old Republic International Corporation $0.78 3.943% $1.16 17.34 1.28 0.984 67.241%
TRV The Travelers Companies Inc. $3.08 2.419% $7.57 17.13 1.51 1.186 40.687%
WTM White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. $1 0.115% $6.23 138.07 0.93 -268.942 16.051%








Apple Inc. (AAPL)

Industry: Computer Hardware
Sector: Technology

Apple Inc is designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices and personal computers, and sells a variety of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions and third-party digital content and applications.

Apple Inc. has declared quarterly dividend of $0.7300 (+15.8730% increase). It goes ex-dividend on 05-11-2018 and is payable on 05-17-2018. Apple Inc. has 5 years of consecutive dividend increase.

Price $176.89
Market Cap $897.542 billion
Annualized Dividend $2.92
Yield 1.651%
EPS(TTM) $9.73
Payout Ratio 30.01%
50-day moving average $172.74
200-day moving average $165.62
P/E Ratio 18.89
52 week range $142.2 - $183.5


2-Year Dividend History

DeclaredDate Ex-DividendDate RecordDate PayableDate Qualified Amount
2018-02-01 2018-02-09 2018-02-12 2018-02-15 Q $0.63
2017-11-02 2017-11-10 2017-11-13 2017-11-16 Q $0.63
2017-08-01 2017-08-10 2017-08-14 2017-08-17 Q $0.63
2017-05-02 2017-05-11 2017-05-15 2017-05-18 Q $0.63
2017-01-31 2017-02-09 2017-02-13 2017-02-16 Q $0.57
2016-10-25 2016-11-03 2016-11-07 2016-11-10 Q $0.57
2016-07-26 2016-08-04 2016-08-08 2016-08-11 Q $0.57
2016-04-26 2016-05-05 2016-05-09 2016-05-12 Q $0.57


Trailing Twelve Months Earnings

Actual EPS Estimated EPS Fiscal Period Y-O-Y Growth
$2.73 $2.69 Q2 2018 30%
$3.89 $3.82 Q1 2018 16%
$2.07 $1.87 Q4 2017 24%
$1.67 $1.57 Q3 2017 18%


Peer Comparison

Ticker Name Dividend Yield EPS (TTM) P/E P/B Price/Sales Payout Ratio
AAPL Apple Inc. $2.92 1.651% $9.73 18.89 6.39 4.81 30.01%
MSFT Microsoft Corporation $1.68 1.786% $3.38 28.15 9.07 6.935 49.704%
NOK Nokia Corporation Sponsored American Depositary Shares $0.236 4.014% $0.37 16.49 1.72 1.832 63.902%
IBM International Business Machines Corporation $6.28 4.423% $13.9 10.35 8.24 1.634 45.18%
HPQ HP Inc. $0.557 2.614% $1.75 12.39 0.66 0.85 31.84%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. $0 0% $34.21 30.72 4.45 10.056 0.0%
BB BlackBerry Limited $0 0% $-0.07 -154.86 2.34 4.834 N/A
XLK SPDR Select Sector Fund - Technology $0.875 1.319% $0 N/A 5.13 N/A N/A












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10 comments:

  1. Nice summaries DivGeek - I like the extra detail you've added for each company!

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  2. Nice summaries. I was happy to see the Apple increase for sure as I own a few shares plus any S&P 500 fund will benefit from that too!

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    1. Thanks! I don't own AAPL. But, I am sure my June dividends would get a nice boost.

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  3. Div Geek -

    Very cool! Apple def. was a roar, for sure, just wow. Great analyses.

    -Lanny

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  4. Love the double digit percent dividend increases from PEP and Apple. Tom

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    1. I have a buy order scheduled for Pepsi. Still to execute.

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  5. Thanks for the summaries DG.

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