Dividend Increasers for February

The stock market continues to move up, partially due to the fact that more companies are increasing their dividends. A rise in dividends generally means that the company is doing well. Here are some that have raised their dividends recently.

UPS (UPS) declared a quarterly dividend increase of 8.8%.

Phillips 66 (PSX) announced an increase in their dividend of 25%

Albemarle (ALB) boosted its quarterly dividend 20%

Comcast (CMSCA) also raised its quarterly dividend 20%

Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) raised its quarterly dividend by 12%

KKR (KKR) raised its quarterly dividend by an incredible 191.67%

Occidental Petroleum (OXY) increased its quarterly dividend 18.5%

Waste Management (WM) bumped up its quarterly dividend 2.8%

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Earnings Reports for Wednesday

The following companies are reporting earnings tomorrow:

Applied Materials (AMAT)

Angie's List (ANGI)

Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)

Cisco Systems (CSCO)

CenturyTel Inc. (CTL)

Deere & Co. (DE)

Dean Foods (DF)

Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS)

Equinix, Inc. (EQIX)

Furniture Brands (FBN)

Hyatt Hotels (H)

Henry Schein (HSIC)

Lorillard, Inc. (LO)

Mondelez International (MDLZ)

NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)

Rovi Corp. (ROVI)

Skechers (SKX)

Whole Foods Market (WFM)

Weight Watchers (WTW)

Zillow, Inc. (Z)

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