Rising Dividend Stocks

The first two months of the year is the time of earnings announcement of many companies. What follows soon after is an announcement of dividend increases. This is the update that investors look forward to as this will not only increase their value but will also reassure them that the company that they placed their bets on are doing quite well. Three companies announced dividend increases recently. Read on to know more about them:

It is not many times that we see a company perform well, when its direct or related sector is performing badly. Kinder Morgan (KMI) is an exception to this rule. In the backdrop of crude oil prices crumbling badly, one would have expected companies in the oil and energy sector too, to fare badly. Emerge Energy Services (EMES) is another company that has done well despite being directly related to the oil commodity. In terms of rate of increase in dividends, Alaska Air Group’s (ALK) has got to be the best. The airline recently announced a whopping 60% increase in its quarterly dividend per share.

Source: Guru Focus

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