Dividend Raises & Cuts - Week of Nov 7, 2016

Dividend growth investing is a popular model followed by the investing community to build assets. Companies which not only pay dividends, but raise them year after year have been shown to perform better overall for investor returns. On the flip side, it is also important to keep an eye on the dividend cuts, which could signal troubling times ahead for a company. This post captures the announcements of changes in dividend amount for the week - both increases and cuts.

Note that only $2B+ (Midcap+) companies are included in this list.

Following companies announced dividend increases this week

• D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI) raised its dividend 25.00% (https://goo.gl/UZorFL)
• Macquarie Infrastructure Corp (MIC) raised its dividend 3.20% (https://goo.gl/42Mvdh)
• Automatic Data Processing (ADP) raised its dividend 7.55% (https://goo.gl/EjdXku)
• Six Flags Entertainment Corp (SIX) raised its dividend 10.34% (https://goo.gl/973ay8)
• Urban Edge Properties (UE) raised its dividend 10.00% (https://goo.gl/vuZyxE)
• BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF) raised its dividend 2.33% (https://goo.gl/Az3Umu)
• HP Inc (HPQ) raised its dividend 7.02% (https://goo.gl/Wgzmq6)
• BorgWarner Inc. (BWA) raised its dividend 7.69% (https://goo.gl/lzBqmO)
• Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (SLW) raised its dividend 20.00% (https://goo.gl/SzmtJB)
• Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO) raised its dividend 7.14% (https://goo.gl/QThAKw)
• Sun Life Financial Inc (SLF) raised its dividend 3.70% (https://goo.gl/gio5xf)
• Canadian Tire Corporation Limited (CTC.A) raised its dividend 13.04% (https://goo.gl/VXkVpT)
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HPE) raised its dividend 18.18% (https://goo.gl/ihEZnW)
• Selective Insurance Group (SIGI) raised its dividend 6.67% (https://goo.gl/I6KzFk)
• Buckeye Partners, L.P. (BPL) raised its dividend 1.03% (https://goo.gl/cxj8n6)
• Jones Lang LaSalle Inc (JLL) raised its dividend 6.45% (https://goo.gl/ki9gtR)
• AmerisourceBergen Corp. (ABC) raised its dividend 7.35% (https://goo.gl/8oXV62)
• Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) raised its dividend 4.00% (https://goo.gl/Zf1B4H)
• NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) raised its dividend 16.67% (https://goo.gl/mnp8Bq)
• Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX) raised its dividend 12.50% (https://goo.gl/J0vCQ2)

Following companies announced dividend cuts this week

• Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNH) cut its dividend 31.40% (https://goo.gl/bfzy5T)