As dividend followers, we love companies that raise their dividend on an annual basis. Lanny and I often find ourselves having side bets about how much a company will raise their dividend to see which one of us will get closer. Of course it is all fun and games, but it emphasizes the importance of investing in a company that will continue to grow their dividend as a flat dividend or a dividend increase less than inflation will decrease your future purchasing power. Using the Wikipedia definition of a Dividend Aristocrat (25 years of dividend increases), we projected which aristocrat will declare a dividend increase in June. Remember, we cannot guarantee that the dividend will be increased in this month, but we wanted to use the timing of historical dividend increases to project which aristocrats will declare an increase in the upcoming month.
Bad news, after accumulating the list we realized Aristocrats do not typically raise their dividend in June. We predict only the following companies will announce an increase next month:
The Target increase should be the most interesting of the three in lieu of the recent pullback in the stock price. I am looking forward to see what action they take. Hopefully all three of the companies will continue their historical trend and increase their dividend.
~Bert
See which companies increased their dividend in May
