Realty Income Dividend Increase

On 19 February, Realty Income (O) increased its monthly dividend by 0.19%, from 26.85¢ to 26.9¢ per share.

The dividend is payable on 15 July to shareholders of record on 1 July.

O's contribution to DivGro's projected annual dividend income will increase by $1.92 to $1032.96.

WR Berkley Dividend Increase

On 11 June, WR Berkley (WRB) increased its dividend by 12.5%, from 8¢ to 9¢ per share.

The dividend is payable on 30 June to shareholders of record on 23 June. 

WRB also declared a special cash dividend of 50¢, payable on 30 June. 

WRB's forward yield is 0.50% at $72.39 per share.

The Highest-Quality Dividend Contenders By Quality Scores

The article presents the highest-quality Dividend Contenders, companies listed on U.S. exchanges with higher annual dividend payouts for 10-24 consecutive years. It is the second of three articles covering the highest-quality Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers by Quality Scores.

I use a quality scoring system with six quality indicators, each worth five points, for a maximum score of 30. The highest-quality Dividend Contenders score four or five points for each quality indicator.

Only 18 of 361 Dividend Contenders made the list of highest-quality Dividend Contenders, with Microsoft, Visa, and Mastercard earning bragging rights as the highest-quality Dividend Contenders in 2025.

June 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to the JUNE edition of my DivGro 2.0 newsletter!

As usual, I provide a quick market recap, an overview of my DivGro portfolio (as of 31 May 2025), and a list of all transactions that affected DivGro's projected annual dividend income.

In May, I closed ten existing positions and reduced the number of positions in DivGro to 77 stocks and closed-end funds. There are 68 dividend growth [DG] stocks, three dividend-paying stocks, and five closed-end funds. By convention, I label stocks with dividend increase streaks of five or more years as DG stocks.

UnitedHealth Dividend Increase

On 6 June, UnitedHealth (UNH) increased its dividend by 5.24%, from $2.10 to $2.21¢ per share.

Payable June 24; for shareholders of record June 16; ex-div June 16.

The dividend is payable on 24 June to shareholders of record on 16 June. 

UNH's forward yield is 2.92% at $303.22 per share.