Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Dividend Increase: GD
General Dynamics (GD) is increasing its quarterly dividend by 9.8%, from $0.51 to $0.56 per share, putting the company on track for its 22nd consecutive year of dividend growth. (Their press release indicates it's their 16th consecutive annual dividend increase, but they must be counting in fiscal years; the streak is higher in calendar years.) Given that I own 20 shares of GD, my quarterly dividend increases from $10.20 to $11.20, which will add an extra $4.00 to my annual dividend income. This dividend increase also boosts my yield on cost to 3.20%. Thus far this year, there have been dividend increases for 12 of the 27 dividend growth stocks in my portfolio.
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DGM,
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty high increase considering the environment we're in right now. Simply fantastic and goes to show that GD is focused on delivering value to shareholders.
Best wishes!
DM: Indeed, I was a bit surprised at the size of this increase. It suggests to me that GD isn't overly worried about how their business will do in the face of declining government spending on defense.
Deletewow, 9.8% increase is a hefty increase.
ReplyDeleteMartin: Yep, it sure is a nice increase!
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