28 Dividend Increases: April 24-28, 2017 (Part 1: Financials)

Companies can only increase their dividends regularly if they manage to grow earnings sufficiently. Monitoring dividend increases for stocks on my watch list helps me to identify candidates for further analysis.

This past week, 28 companies on my watch list declared dividend increases, including three of the stocks I hold in my portfolio.

Part 1 covers stocks in the Financials sector, while Part 2 will cover the non-Financials.

With earnings season in full swing, many companies are announcing dividend increases, including several stocks in the Financials sector.

In this week's list, two companies announced double-digit increases. The top increase is from Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ), with an impressive 19% increase!

To see this week's dividend increases, please read this article at Seeking Alpha.

Includes: AHL, AMP, CFR, FFIN, GABC, HFWA, IVZ, LAZ, LBAI, NDAQ, WBS, WTBA

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