One way to identify dividend growth stocks is to look for dividend increases. Companies that pay rising dividends are likely to be financially healthy, generate consistent cash flow and regular dividend. I am interested in stocks with at least ten consecutive years of increasing annual dividend payments (Dividend Achievers). Here is a list of US companies that increased their dividends this week.



Industry: Beverages - Non-Alcoholic

Sector: Consumer Defensive



PepsiCo Inc is a food, snack and beverage company. It manufactures, markets, distributes and sells convenient and enjoyable beverages, foods and snacks, serving customers and consumers in more than 200 countries and territories.



PepsiCo, Inc. has declared quarterly dividend of $0.9280 (+15.2800% increase). It goes ex-dividend on 05-31-2018 and is payable on 06-29-2018. PepsiCo, Inc. has 46 years of consecutive dividend increase.



Price $97.6 Market Cap $138.382 billion Annualized Dividend $3.71 Yield 3.801% EPS(TTM) $5.25 Payout Ratio 70.667% 50-day moving average $107.695 200-day moving average $112.228 P/E Ratio 18.86 52 week range $96.7 - $122.51

2-Year Dividend History



DeclaredDate Ex-DividendDate RecordDate PayableDate Qualified Amount 2018-02-05 2018-03-01 2018-03-02 2018-03-30 Q $0.805 2017-11-17 2017-11-30 2017-12-01 2018-01-08 $0.805 2017-07-14 2017-08-30 2017-09-01 2017-09-29 Q $0.805 2017-05-02 2017-05-31 2017-06-02 2017-06-30 Q $0.805 2017-02-02 2017-03-01 2017-03-03 2017-03-31 Q $0.7525 2016-11-17 2016-11-30 2016-12-02 2017-01-06 Q $0.7525 2016-07-14 2016-08-31 2016-09-02 2016-09-30 Q $0.7525 2016-05-03 2016-06-01 2016-06-03 2016-06-30 Q $0.7525

Trailing Twelve Months Earnings



Actual EPS Estimated EPS Fiscal Period Y-O-Y Growth $0.96 $0.92 Q1 2018 2% $1.31 $1.3 Q4 2017 9% $1.48 $1.42 Q3 2017 6% $1.5 $1.39 Q2 2017 11%

Peer Comparison



Ticker Name Dividend Yield EPS (TTM) P/E P/B Price/Sales Payout Ratio PEP PepsiCo Inc. $3.71 3.801% $5.25 18.86 12.67 2.153 70.667% UL Unilever PLC $1.916 3.572% $0 N/A 4.05 0.014 N/A KO Coca-Cola Company (The) $1.56 3.724% $1.95 21.72 10.48 5.277 80.0% K Kellogg Company $2.16 3.715% $4.04 14.8 8.88 2.031 53.465% DPS Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc $2.32 1.953% $4.5 26.38 8.61 3.176 51.556% MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. $0.88 2.342% $2.24 17.37 2.15 2.885 39.286% MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $0 0% $1.47 35.89 7.62 11.292 0.0% KHC The Kraft Heinz Company $2.5 4.55% $3.6 16.11 1.01 3.424 69.444%





Industry: Insurance - Property & Casualty

Sector: Financial Services



RLI Corp provides property and casualty insurance coverages in both the specialty admitted and excess and surplus markets. It distributes its property and casualty insurance through branch offices.



RLI Corp. has declared quarterly dividend of $0.2200 (+4.7620% increase). It goes ex-dividend on 05-30-2018 and is payable on 06-20-2018. RLI Corp. has 41 years of consecutive dividend increase.



Price $63.14 Market Cap $2.794 billion Annualized Dividend $0.84 Yield 1.33% EPS(TTM) $1.76 Payout Ratio 47.727% 50-day moving average $63.013 200-day moving average $58.22 P/E Ratio 36.78 52 week range $50.34 - $65.68

2-Year Dividend History



DeclaredDate Ex-DividendDate RecordDate PayableDate Qualified Amount 2018-02-08 2018-02-27 2018-02-28 2018-03-20 $0.21 2017-11-09 2017-11-29 2017-11-30 2017-12-27 $0.21 2017-11-09 2017-11-29 2017-11-30 2017-12-27 $1.75 2017-08-09 2017-08-29 2017-08-31 2017-09-20 Q $0.21 2017-05-04 2017-05-26 2017-05-31 2017-06-20 Q $0.21 2017-02-09 2017-02-24 2017-02-28 2017-03-20 Q $0.2 2016-11-10 2016-11-28 2016-11-30 2016-12-23 Q $0.2 2016-11-10 2016-11-28 2016-11-30 2016-12-23 Q $2 2016-08-10 2016-08-29 2016-08-31 2016-09-19 Q $0.2 2016-05-05 2016-05-26 2016-05-31 2016-06-20 Q $0.2

Trailing Twelve Months Earnings



Actual EPS Estimated EPS Fiscal Period Y-O-Y Growth $0.6 $0.52 Q1 2018 36% $0.51 $0.48 Q4 2017 -9% $0.04 $0.02 Q3 2017 -89% $0.61 $0.54 Q2 2017 None

Peer Comparison



Ticker Name Dividend Yield EPS (TTM) P/E P/B Price/Sales Payout Ratio RLI RLI Corp. $0.84 1.33% $1.76 36.78 3.35 3.557 47.727% ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. $0 0% $3.45 22.85 1.38 2.015 0.0% AFG American Financial Group Inc. $1.4 1.287% $6.56 16.76 1.86 1.87 21.341% WRB W.R. Berkley Corporation $0.56 0.759% $2.77 27.02 1.73 1.216 20.217% CNA CNA Financial Corporation $1.2 2.478% $3.54 13.79 1.16 1.361 33.898% MKL Markel Corporation $0 0% $9.15 122.87 1.69 2.538 0.0% ORI Old Republic International Corporation $0.78 3.943% $1.16 17.34 1.28 0.984 67.241% TRV The Travelers Companies Inc. $3.08 2.419% $7.57 17.13 1.51 1.186 40.687% WTM White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. $1 0.115% $6.23 138.07 0.93 -268.942 16.051%





Industry: Computer Hardware

Sector: Technology



Apple Inc is designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices and personal computers, and sells a variety of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions and third-party digital content and applications.



Apple Inc. has declared quarterly dividend of $0.7300 (+15.8730% increase). It goes ex-dividend on 05-11-2018 and is payable on 05-17-2018. Apple Inc. has 5 years of consecutive dividend increase.



Price $176.89 Market Cap $897.542 billion Annualized Dividend $2.92 Yield 1.651% EPS(TTM) $9.73 Payout Ratio 30.01% 50-day moving average $172.74 200-day moving average $165.62 P/E Ratio 18.89 52 week range $142.2 - $183.5

2-Year Dividend History



DeclaredDate Ex-DividendDate RecordDate PayableDate Qualified Amount 2018-02-01 2018-02-09 2018-02-12 2018-02-15 Q $0.63 2017-11-02 2017-11-10 2017-11-13 2017-11-16 Q $0.63 2017-08-01 2017-08-10 2017-08-14 2017-08-17 Q $0.63 2017-05-02 2017-05-11 2017-05-15 2017-05-18 Q $0.63 2017-01-31 2017-02-09 2017-02-13 2017-02-16 Q $0.57 2016-10-25 2016-11-03 2016-11-07 2016-11-10 Q $0.57 2016-07-26 2016-08-04 2016-08-08 2016-08-11 Q $0.57 2016-04-26 2016-05-05 2016-05-09 2016-05-12 Q $0.57

Trailing Twelve Months Earnings



Actual EPS Estimated EPS Fiscal Period Y-O-Y Growth $2.73 $2.69 Q2 2018 30% $3.89 $3.82 Q1 2018 16% $2.07 $1.87 Q4 2017 24% $1.67 $1.57 Q3 2017 18%

Peer Comparison



Ticker Name Dividend Yield EPS (TTM) P/E P/B Price/Sales Payout Ratio AAPL Apple Inc. $2.92 1.651% $9.73 18.89 6.39 4.81 30.01% MSFT Microsoft Corporation $1.68 1.786% $3.38 28.15 9.07 6.935 49.704% NOK Nokia Corporation Sponsored American Depositary Shares $0.236 4.014% $0.37 16.49 1.72 1.832 63.902% IBM International Business Machines Corporation $6.28 4.423% $13.9 10.35 8.24 1.634 45.18% HPQ HP Inc. $0.557 2.614% $1.75 12.39 0.66 0.85 31.84% GOOGL Alphabet Inc. $0 0% $34.21 30.72 4.45 10.056 0.0% BB BlackBerry Limited $0 0% $-0.07 -154.86 2.34 4.834 N/A XLK SPDR Select Sector Fund - Technology $0.875 1.319% $0 N/A 5.13 N/A N/A





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