Coca-Cola Dividend Increase

On 20 February, Coca-Cola (KO) increased its dividend by 5.15%, from 48.5¢ to 51¢ per share.

 
The dividend is payable on 1 April to shareholders of record on 14 March. 

KO's contribution to DivGro's projected annual dividend income will increase by $30 to $612.

I own 300 KO shares at an average cost of $48.07 per share. Following this increase, my yield on cost is 4.24%. (RLI's forward yield is 2.86% at $71.35 per share.) 

Since opening my position in March 2014, the stock has generated a total return of 69%, including $2,937.15 in dividend income. That's a solid annualized rate of return of 8.4%.

5-Year History of Dividend Payouts by Ex-Date

2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	•	2025
$1.64	$1.68	$1.76	$1.84	$1.94	⬆	$2.04✝
2.50%	2.44%	4.76%	4.55%	5.43%	⬇	5.15%
5-year DGR:				3.93%	⬆	4.46%

^✝projected, assuming no further changes

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