Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending November 1. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports, please click here (or use our ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header).

Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week

Aflac (AFL): now $0.37 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.35.

Barrett Business Services (BBSI): now $0.18 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13.

Calavo Growers (CVGW): now $0.70 per share annual dividend, was $0.65.

Churchill Downs (CHDN): now $0.87 per share annual dividend, was $0.72.

Conmed (CNMD): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15.

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group (BAGL): now $0.13 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.125.

Empire District Electric (EDE): now $0.255 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25.

Estee Lauder Companies (EL): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.18.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10.

Innophos Holdings (IPHS): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.35.

JMP Group (JMP): now $0.04 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.035.

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO): now $0.23 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

MDC Partners (MDCA): now $0.24 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.17.

Mercury General (MCY): now $0.6150 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.6125.

Microchip Technology (MCHP): now $0.3545 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.354.

NBT Bancorp (NBTB): now $0.21 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Northeast Indiana Bancorp (NIDB): now $0.195 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19.

Northstar Realty Finance (NRF): now $0.21 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Public Storage (PSA): now $1.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.25.

S&T Bancorp (STBA): now $0.16 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15.

Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR): now $0.18 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.16.

Scorpio Tankers (STNG): now $0.07 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.04.

Simulations Plus (SLP): now $0.04 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.03.

Standex International (SXI): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, now $0.08.

Techne Corp (TECH): now $0.31 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.30.

Territorial Bancorp (TBNK): now $0.14 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13.

Firms Lowering Their Dividends This Week

Charter Financial (CHFN): now $0.05 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25.

Newmont Mining (NEM): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25.