Ideas From All Those Dividend Increases

On Saturday mornings I like to review the week's dividend announcements to see which companies increased their dividend that week. It's a nice signal that the company is doing well. Over the years I've found that a company that increases its dividend is one of the most tangible signals that the company's board of directors can do to demonstrate that they have a lot of confidence in the future cash flows of the company. For a dividend growth investor like me this could be the very place to find the next perfect stock.

Below is a list of this week's dividend increases. More detailed information on each of these increases can be found in the "Dividend Increases" section of this website. There you will not only find this week's dividend increases but past week's dividend increases as well. I'm sure if you spend a few minutes looking at that section you'll find at least one, and probably many more, diamonds in the rough listed there. 

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1. Atlantic Tele-Network (ATNI) 
   
2. Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) 
   
3. Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund (KYE) 
   
4. Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) 
   
5. Idacorp (IDA) 
   
6. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT) 
   
7. WSFS Financial (WSFS) 
   
8. McDonald's (MCD) 
   
9. The Washington Trust Company (WASH) 
   
10. Sanderson Farms (SAFM) 
    
11. Covanta Holding Corporation (CVA) 
    
12. Artesian Resources Corporation (ARTNA) 
    
13. Covidien (COV) 
    
14. Elmer Bancorp, Inc. (ELMA) 
    
15. City Office Reit (CIO) 
    
16. Blackstone Mortgage (BXMT)