Dividend News | A disappointing increase in the US

Holland Colors pays a dividend of €3.41 per share, which is significantly lower than the €5.91 dividend paid in 2022. At a share price of €111, the dividend yield is 3.1%. The ex-dividend date is July 17.

On July 11, 2023, Lucas Boles will receive a final payment of €0.13 per share in Amsterdam. In November, the brewer resumed paying dividends with an interim amount of €0.21. This is the first time since 2019. The annualized dividend yield is 3.3% and the ex-dividend date is July 11, 2023.

Paul’s department colleague Remy Cointreau is doing well in both stock price and dividends. In addition to the regular dividend of €2.00 per share, shareholders will receive a special dividend of €1.00 per share this year. At a share price of €140 the dividend yields 2%. The ex-dividend date has not yet been announced by the French company.

Dividend Aristocrat Lowe’s Companies has increased its dividend by 5% this year to $1.10 per quarter. It was the smallest dividend increase in decades for DIY chain Lowe’s, which had grown at least 30% in the previous two years. Dividends Dividends are 2.1% of the $208 share price.

Apparel retailer Guess?, which operates globally through its own stores and licenses for its own brand name (including perfumes and watches), increased its dividend by a third to $0.30 a quarter. Dividend is 6%. Guess what? It suspended dividends in 2020 during the corona pandemic for several quarters.

Dividend Aristocrat Metronic has disappointed, rising just 1.5% this year to $0.69 per quarter. For Lowe’s, it was the medical device maker’s smallest increase in decades; In recent years it has always been around 8%. The yield is now 3.3%.

Chemicals giant LyondellBasell is raising its dividend by 5% to $1.25 per quarter. A special dividend of $5.20 was paid in 2022. The dividend yield is high: 5.6%.

Hotel chain Marriott is raising its dividend by 30% to $0.52 per quarter. In 2020, the dividend was canceled due to Corona, which unfortunately eliminated the Marriott share from the dividend portfolio. Dividends resumed last year, following a sharp increase this year to a new record $0.52. Marriott’s stock price is at an all-time high in line with its dividend.

Tech giant Apple has raised its dividend by a disappointing 4.3% this year to $0.24 per quarter. Dividends Dividends are low at only 0.5%.

Forklift manufacturer Hyster-Yale will be one of the big stars with a 97% share price gain in 2023. The quarterly dividend will rise slightly this year: +0.8% to $0.325.