Stock Dividend Increasers for Early May

The following stocks have recently increased their dividends. This is the sign of a good company and could be the sign of an improving economy.

American Water Works Company (AWK) announced an increase of its quarterly cash dividend payment from $0.25 to $0.28 per share, a 12 percent increase.

Costco (COST) raised its dividend by 12.70% to 31 cents per share.

IBM (IBM) raised its quarterly dividend by 11.8% to 95 cents per share.

PepsiCo (PEP) raised quarterly distributions by 5.6% to 56.75 cents per share.

Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS-A) raised its quarterly dividend by 4.7% to 90 cents per share.

Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, a 54% increase over the prior payout of $0.13 per share.

ExxonMobil (XOM) recently declared a 10.5% dividend increase.

Chevron (CVX) declared an 11% dividend increase.

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