7 Stocks Providing Positive Feedback With Increased Dividends

What is the primary reason you invest in dividend stocks? For me, it is a means to build a growing income that can be relied on during retirement. One of the beauties of dividend investing is it provides you continuous feedback. As the years and decades go by you can see your earnings steadily grow as you invest your money in dividend stocks, and as an added bonus, great dividend stocks will increase their dividend payments each year.

This week several companies provided their shareholders positive feedback with increased cash dividends:

Raytheon (RTN) recently increased its quarterly dividend 8.6% to $0.9425 per share. The dividend is payable May 9, 2019 to stockholders of record on Apr. 10, 2019, with an ex-dividend date of Apr. 9, 2019. The yield based on the new payout is 2.1%.

Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR) recently increased its quarterly dividend 7.1% to $0.45 per share. The dividend is payable Apr. 26, 2019 to stockholders of record on Mar. 29, 2019, with an ex-dividend date of Mar. 28, 2019. The yield based on the new payout is 11%.

Williams-Sonoma (WSM) recently increased its quarterly dividend 12% to $0.48 per share. The dividend is payable May 31, 2019 to stockholders of record on Apr. 26, 2019, with an ex-dividend date of Apr 25, 2019. The yield based on the new payout is 3.4%.

Och-Ziff Capital Management (OZM) recently increased its quarterly dividend 12% to $0.56 per share. The dividend is payable Apr. 26, 2019 to stockholders of record on Apr. 15, 2019, with an ex-dividend date of Apr. 12, 2019. The yield based on the new payout is 2.6%.

Children's Place Retail Stores (PLCE) recently increased its quarterly dividend 12% to $0.50 per share. The dividend is payable Apr. 26, 2019 to stockholders of record on Apr. 15, 2019, with an ex-dividend date of Apr. 12, 2019. The yield based on the new payout is 2.6%.

Hunt Companies (HCFT) recently increased its quarterly dividend 17% to $0.x7 per share. The dividend is payable Apr. 15, 2019 to stockholders of record on Mar. 29, 2019, with an ex-dividend date of Mar. 28, 2019. The yield based on the new payout is 7.8%.

CareTrust REIT (CTRE) recently increased its quarterly dividend 9.8% to $0.225 per share. The dividend is payable Apr. 15, 2019 to stockholders of record on Mar. 29, 2019, with an ex-dividend date of Mar. 28, 2019. The yield based on the new payout is 3.9%.

Selecting stocks with increasing dividends is critical for an income growth strategy. The above list contains stocks that recently raised their dividends; it is not a list of recommend buys. As always, due diligence should be performed before buying or selling any stock.

Full Disclosure: :Long RTN,

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