(Adds 31 companies, including McDonald's, ConocoPhillips,
Honeywell, Williams-Sonoma, Microsoft and Herman Miller)
Oct 12 (Reuters) - As coronavirus-related lockdowns ease and
businesses reopen, some U.S. companies have decided to raise
quarterly dividends or restart those that were previously
suspended, bucking the wider trend of suspending shareholder
distribution to preserve cash.
Company New Old Date of Link
dividend dividend change
Altria Group $0.86 $0.84 July 28
Inc
Ameren Corp $0.515 $0.495 Oct. 9
American $0.50 $0.45 Aug. 18 [nBwbpMGYya
Financial ]
Group Inc
American $0.335 $0.305 July 30
States Water
Co
A. O. Smith $0.26 $0.24 Oct. 12
Corp
Arbor Realty $0.31 $0.30 July 31
Trust Inc
Atrion Corp $1.75 $1.55 Aug. 20 [nGNX6mBTs6
]
Badger Meter $0.18 $0.17 Aug. 6 [nBw6dk24na
Inc ]
B. Riley $0.30 $0.25 July 30
Financial Inc
Cable One Inc $2.50 $2.25 Aug. 4 [nBw51ypdza
]
Camping World $0.09 $0.08 July 20
Holdings Inc
Carlisle Cos $0.525 $0.50 Aug. 6 [nBw4tfNRSa
Inc ]
Conagra $0.275 $0.2125 Oct. 1 [nFWN2GS0AR
Brands Inc ]
ConocoPhillip $0.43 $0.42 Oct. 9
s
Community $0.42 $0.41 Aug. 19 [nBw4NCJDYa
Bank System ]
Inc
Eagle Bancorp $0.0975 $0.0950 July 28
Montana Inc
Escalade Inc $0.14 $0.68 Aug. 6 [nPn74ZtBka
]
Farmers & $0.17 $0.16 Sept.
Merchants 18
Bancorp Inc
General Mills $0.51 $0.49 Sept. [nL3N2GK2UI
Inc 23 ]
Glacier $0.30 $0.29 Oct. 1 [nFWN2GS15O
Bancorp Inc ]
Greene County $0.12 $0.11 July 22
Bancorp Inc
Hingham $0.45 $0.43 Sept. [nFWN2GK0TL
Institution 23 ]
For Savings
Hershey Co* $0.804 $0.773 July 23 [nFWN2EU0FP
]
Honeywell $0.93 $0.90 Sept. [nFWN2GM05J
International 25 ]
Inc
Home Federal $0.165 $0.160 July 22
Bancorp Inc
of Louisiana
Hunt $0.085 $0.075 Sept.
Companies 17
Finance Trust
Inc
Idacorp Inc $0.71 $0.67 Sept.
17
Illinois Tool $1.14 $1.07 Aug. 7 [nGNX1hX9wL
Works Inc ]
J.M. Smucker $0.90 $0.88 July 21
Co
KB Home $0.15 $0.09 Oct. 8
Kilroy Realty $0.50 $0.485 Aug. 26
Corp
Lam Research $1.30 $1.15 Aug. 27 [nFWN2FT136
Corp ]
Lowe's Cos $0.60 $0.55 Aug. 21
Inc
Mannatech Inc $0.16 $0.125 Aug. 28
Martin $0.57 $0.55 Aug. 13 [nGNX1pC2CZ
Marietta ]
Materials Inc
McDonald's $1.29 $1.25 Oct. 8 [nL1N2GY28E
Corp ]
MGE Energy $0.37 $0.3525 July 17
Inc
Microsoft $0.56 $0.51 Sept.
Corp 15
Mondelez $0.315 $0.285 July 28
International
Inc
MSCI Inc $0.78 $0.68 July 28
National $0.34 $0.32 Aug. 20 [nBw5n6bXfa
Storage ]
Affiliates
Trust
New Jersey $0.3325 $0.3125 Sept. 9
Resources
Corp
Nordson Corp $0.39 $0.38 Aug. 14 [nBw6Qm0F2a
]
PennyMac $0.15 $0.12 Aug. 6 [nBw4tfNRSa
Financial ]
Services Inc
Philip Morris $1.20 $1.17 Sept. 9 [nFWN2G60V7
International ]
Inc
Portland $0.4075 $0.3850 July 29 [nPn9GD5ZCa
General ]
Electric Co
Redwood Trust $0.14 $0.125 Sept.
Inc 11
Republic $0.425 $0.405 July 29
Services Inc
Sanderson $0.44 $0.32 Sept. [nFWN2GL0OJ
Farms Inc 24 ]
Saratoga $0.41 $0.40 Oct. 7
Investment
Corp
SS&C $0.14 $0.125 Aug. 19 [nPn9SXMzla
Technologies ]
Holdings Inc
Stanley Black $0.70 $0.69 July 14
& Decker Inc
Starbucks $0.45 $0.41 Sept. [nFWN2GR0WB
Corp 30 ]
STORE Capital $0.36 $0.35 Sept.
Corp 15
Terreno $0.29 $0.27 Aug. 5 [nBw7lBvtWa
Realty Corp ]
Thor $0.41 $0.40 Oct. 9
Industries
Inc
Tractor $0.40 $0.35 Aug. 6 [nBw2Lk1Tma
Supply Co ]
VICI $0.33 $0.2975 Sept.
Properties 10
Inc
Verizon $0.6275 $0.615 Sept. 3
Communication
s Inc
Virtus $0.82 $0.67 Aug. 20 [nPnbmLj9Ra
Investment ]
Partners Inc
Williams-Sono $0.53 $0.48 Oct. 12
ma Inc
Wingstop Inc $0.14 $0.11 July 29
Winnebago $0.12 $0.11 Aug. 19 [nGNX2ts30d
Industries ]
Inc
W W Grainger $1.53 $1.44 July 29
Inc
Some companies that have reinstated their dividends.
Company Dividend Date Link
Big 5 $0.05 July 28
Sporting
Goods Corp
**
Crown Crafts $0.08 Aug. 12
Inc
Dick's $0.3125 June 12
Sporting
Goods Inc
Dunkin' $0.4025 July 30
Brands Group
Inc
Estee Lauder $0.48 Aug. 20
Cos Inc
Foot Locker $0.15 Aug. 21
Inc
Guess Inc $0.1125 Sept. 2
Herman Miller $0.1875 Sept. 16
Inc
Jack in the $0.40 Aug. 5
Box Inc
Marathon Oil $0.03 Oct. 1
Corp
Moog Inc $0.25 July 24
Superior $0.10 July 29
Group of Cos
Inc
* Divided for Class A common shares
** To pay an additional 5 cents per share in September for
missed second-quarter dividend
For a factbox on companies that raised dividends earlier in
the year, click here: (reut.rs/3jTgzfl)
(Reporting by Uday Sampath and Praveen Paramasivam in
Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva, Aditya Soni and Maju Samuel)
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