By Lawrence C. Strauss
Hormel Foods and HP declared dividend increases in a light week for such announcements before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Hormel Foods (ticker: HRL) said it would increase its annual dividend by 6%. The company's annual payout will get bumped up to $1.10 a share from $1.04. The quarterly dividend will increase to 27.5 cents a share from 26 cents.
This marks the 57(th) consecutive year in which the company's annual dividend has increased. Hormel is a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index, whose members have paid out a higher dividend for at least 25 straight years.
The stock, which yields 2.2%, has returned about 3% this year through Friday, dividends included, compared with minus 14% for the S&P 500.
HP $(HPQ)$ declared a quarterly disbursement of 26.25 cents a share, an increase of about 5%. That will boost the annualized dividend to $1.05.
Shares of the tech company have returned about minus 18% this year. They yield 3.5%.
Elsewhere, a handful of S&P 500 companies said recently they would maintain their dividends at current levels, including Analog Devices $(ADI)$ at 76 cents a share, Air Products and Chemicals $(APD)$ at $1.62, and FedEx $(FDX.AU)$ at $1.15.
Others included Allstate $(ALL)$ at 85 cents a share, Halliburton $(HAL.UK)$ at 12 cents, LyondellBasell Industries $(LYB)$ at $1.19, PPL $(PPL)$ at 22.5 cents, and Extra Space Storage $(EXR)$ at $1.50.
Rounding out that list are Best Buy $(BBY)$ at 88 cents a share and Cincinnati Financial $(CINF)$ at 69 cents.
Write to Lawrence C. Strauss at lawrence.strauss@barrons.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 26, 2022 07:29 ET (12:29 GMT)
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