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Apple, Exxon Mobil, IBM and Costco Increase Dividend

Shauvik Haldar May 07, 2019

Each week, stocks, funds and REITs announce upcoming dividend payouts. Track how your portfolio’s dividend income changes when stocks like Apple increase or decrease their dividend by using our Free Dividend Assistant tool.

Below, we present an analysis of the 15 major securities that announced an increase in dividends and are going ex-dividend this week. The latest payout is compared to the most recent payout before the dividend increase. If investors simply purchase the security prior to the ex-dividend date and then sell it either on the ex-dividend date or at some point afterward, they will be able to receive the dividend in their account.

To apply this strategy, you need to know when securities go ex-dividend. You can find the latest ex-dividend dates for the securities that interest you in our Ex-Dividend Date Search tool. Get a complete explanation of the ex-dividend date, record date, payment date and declaration date here. This will help to broaden your understanding of the dividend capture strategy.

Find out which securities went ex-dividend with increased payout on April 30 here.

Note: Market Cap, dividend yield and % off from 52 week high figures are as of market close on Monday, May 6.

Ticker	Name	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Previous Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Change *	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)
AAPL	Apple Inc.	959.23	3.08	0.73	0.77	5.48%	5/10/2019	1.48%
XOM	Exxon Mobil Corporation	326.39	3.48	0.82	0.87	6.10%	5/10/2019	4.25%
IBM	International Business Machines Corporation	124.48	6.48	1.57	1.62	3.18%	5/9/2019	4.47%
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	107.74	2.60	0.57	0.65	14.04%	5/9/2019	0.93%
STZ	Constellation Brands Inc	40.07	3.00	0.74	0.75	1.35%	5/9/2019	1.42%
MPLX	MPLX LP	25.76	2.63	0.65	0.658	1.70%	5/8/2019	7.99%
PH	Parker-Hannifin Corporation	22.90	3.52	0.76	0.88	15.79%	5/9/2019	1.72%
AWK	American Water Works	19.35	2.00	0.46	0.5	9.89%	5/10/2019	1.86%
GWW	W.W. Grainger, Inc.	15.49	5.76	1.36	1.44	5.88%	5/10/2019	1.95%
COG	Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation	10.78	0.36	0.07	0.09	28.57%	5/14/2019	1.10%
IVZ	Invesco Plc	8.67	1.24	0.30	0.31	3.33%	5/9/2019	5.53%
XEC	Cimarex Energy Co	6.68	0.80	0.18	0.20	11.11%	5/14/2019	1.19%
SON	Sonoco Products Company	6.39	1.72	0.41	0.43	4.88%	5/9/2019	2.69%
NATI	National Instruments Corporation	5.74	1.00	0.23	0.25	8.70%	5/10/2019	2.29%
AGCO	AGCO Corporation	5.69	0.64	0.15	0.16	6.67%	5/14/2019	0.86%

*Numbers under the “Previous Payout” and “Next Payout” columns are rounded off. The % change is calculated from the actual dividend payout announced, which may have decimal points.

Highest and Lowest Market-Cap Securities

Criteria	Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Previous Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)	% Off From 52-Week High
Highest Market Cap	AAPL	Apple Inc.	959.23	3.08	0.73	0.77	5/10/2019	1.48%	-10.68%
Lowest Market Cap	CWBC	Community West Bancshares	0.08	0.22	0.05	0.06	5/9/2019	1.96%	-21.39%

Highest and Lowest Dividend Yield Securities

Criteria	Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Previous Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)	% Off From 52-Week High
Highest Dividend Yield	GLP	Global Partners LP	0.67	2.04	0.50	0.51	5/9/2019	10.14%	-6.27%
Lowest Dividend Yield	FIX	Comfort Systems USA, Inc.	1.92	0.40	0.10	0.10	5/10/2019	0.73%	-12.99%

Best and Worst 52-Week Performance Securities

Criteria	Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Previous Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)	% Off From 52-Week High
Highest % Off 52-Week High	XEC	Cimarex Energy Co	6.68	0.80	0.18	0.20	5/14/2019	1.19%	-35.42%
Lowest % Off 52-Week High	SON	Sonoco Products Company	6.39	1.72	0.41	0.43	5/9/2019	2.69%	-0.93%

Stay up to Date

Find all the companies that have increased their dividends for more than 25 consecutive years in our 25-Year Dividend-Increasing Stocks page, and all companies that have increased their dividends for more than 10 consecutive years in our 10-Year Dividend-Increasing Stocks page.

Use our Dividend Payout Changes and Announcements tool to find out all of the dividend increases, decreases, initiations, suspensions, updates and regular dividend announcements for a given day.