July 29 (Reuters) - As coronavirus-related lockdowns ease
and businesses reopen, some U.S. companies have decided to raise
dividends or restart those that were previously suspended,
bucking the wider trend of suspending shareholder distribution
to preserve cash.
Company New Old Date of Link
dividend dividend change
Altria Group $0.86 $0.84 July 28 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00YDY
Inc MO.N
Camping World $0.09 $0.08 July 20 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00XAB
Holdings Inc
CWH.N
Eagle Bancorp $0.0975 $0.0950 July 28 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00YHO
Montana Inc
EBMT.O
Greene County $0.12 $0.11 July 22 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00XLB
Bancorp Inc
GCBC.O
Hershey Co* $0.804 $0.773 July 23 [nFWN2EU0FP
HSY.N ]
Home Federal $0.165 $0.160 July 22 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00XO7
Bancorp Inc
of Louisiana
HFBL.O
J.M. Smucker $0.90 $0.88 July 21 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00XHF
Co SJM.N
MGE Energy $0.37 $0.3525 July 17 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00X4B
Inc MGEE.O
Mondelez $0.315 $0.285 July 28 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00YJR
International
Inc MDLZ.O
MSCI Inc $0.78 $0.68 July 28 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00YDH
MSCI.N
Stanley Black $0.70 $0.69 July 14 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00WQP
& Decker Inc
SWK.N
Wingstop Inc $0.14 $0.11 July 29 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00YQ3
WING.O
W W Grainger $1.53 $1.44 July 29 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00YS8
Inc GWW.N
Some companies that have reinstated their dividends.
Company Dividend Date Link
Big 5 $0.05 July 28 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00YIY
Sporting
Goods Corp
BGFV.O **
Dick's $0.3125 June 12 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2DP02R
Sporting
Goods Inc
DKS.N
Moog Inc $0.25 July 24 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00Y0H
MOGa.N
Superior $0.10 July 29 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00YP6
Group of
Cos Inc
SGC.O
* Divided for Class A common shares
** To pay an additional 5 cents per share in September for
missed second-quarter dividend
For a factbox on companies that raised dividends earlier in
the year, click here: (https://reut.rs/3jTgzfl)
(Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil
D'Silva)
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