One way to identify dividend growth stocks for further analysis is to monitor dividend increases. Companies that regularly increase their dividends show confidence in future earnings growth potential.This week, 22 companies declared dividend increases. Part 1 of this article covers increases from the Industrials, Health Care, and Utilities sectors. Part 2 will cover the remaining sectors.
Of the 11 stocks covered in Part 1, three announced double-digit percentage increases and the top increase is 30%!
Air Lease (AL) is an aircraft leasing company that purchases and leases commercial jet transport aircraft to airlines worldwide. The company announced a spectacular increase of 30% and now yields 1.29% at $40.37 per share.The runner-up is Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), founded in 1886 and headquartered in Newport News, Virginia. HII designs, builds, overhauls, and repairs military ships in the United States. The company announced an impressive increase of 19% and HII now yields 1.54% at $223.65 per share.
To see details of all these increases, please read this article at Seeking Alpha.
As a bonus, I'm including a summary of ex-dividend dates for the next two weeks. Scan the list of stocks to see if there's a stock you want to pick up before the ex-dividend date so you can grab the next dividend.
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