Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Some Recent Dividend Increases

For those dividend hungry investors here are some of the companies that have raised their dividend/distribution over the last month:

-AGF Management (AGF.B) - Annual dividend increased by 25.0% from $0.80 to $1.00
-Barrick Gold Corp (ABX) - Annual dividend increased by 33.3% from $0.30 to $0.40
-Baytex Energy Trust (BTE.UN) - Annual distribution increased by 11.1% from $2.16 to $2.40
-Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN) - Annual distribution increased by 11.1% from $0.18 to $0.20
-Calian Technologies (CTY) - Annual dividend increased by 25% from $0.48 to $0.60
-Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund (CGX.UN) - Annual distribution increased by 5% from $1.20 to $1.26
-Clorox Company (CLX) - Annual dividend increased by 15% from $1.60 to $1.84/share
-Easyhome Ltd (EH) - Annual dividend increased by 21.4% from $0.28 to $0.34
-Finning Int'l Inc (FTT) - Annual dividend increased by 10% from $0.40 to $0.44
-Freehold Royalty Income Fund.(FRU.UN) - Annual distribution increased by 20% from $1.80 to $2.16
-Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) - Annual dividend increased by 10.8% from $1.66 to $1.84.
-McGraw-Hill Ryerson (MHR) - Annual dividend increased by 6.7% from $0.90 to $0.96
-Melcor Developments (MRD) - Annual dividend increased by 25% from $0.40 to $0.50
-Methanex Corporation (MX) - Annual dividend increased by 10.7% from $0.56 to $0.62
-Power Financial Corp (PWF) - Annual dividend increased by 7.2% from $1.25 to $1.34
-Richelieu Hardware (RCH) - Annual dividend increased by 14.3% from $0.28 to $0.32
-Seamark Asset Management (SM) - Annual dividend decreased by 12.5% from $0.32 to $0.28
-Talisman Energy Inc.(TLM) - Annual dividend increased by 11.1% from $0.18 to $0.20
-Wajax Income Fund (WJX.UN) - Annual distribution increased by 3.0% from $3.96 to $4.08

2 comments:

MillionDollarJourney said...

MCM, what are your thoughts on AGF.B? I've been watching them for a while, and they seem to be beatup. They are on the dividends aristocrats list with a fairly high current yield.

Matt said...

IMO AGF.B is an excellent buy right now. It is down only buy association with the financial sector. Great dividend yield on this one and with an aging population in Canada, mutual fund companies have no where to go but up. Might want to consider averaging in at these levels as things might drop or flatten out before we see the recovery phase.