Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending November 21. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header.

Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week

Aetna (AET): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.225.

American Equity Investment Life (AEL): now $0.20 per share annual dividend, was $0.18.

Brown-Forman (BF.B): now $0.315 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.29.

Citizens Holding (CIZN): now $0.23 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.22.

Everest Re Group (RE): now $0.95 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.75.

Farmland Partners (FPI): now $0.116 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.105.

Financial Institutions (FISI): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19.

Flowers Foods (FLO): now $0.1325 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.12

Ituran Location and Control (ITRN): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19.

Lancaster Colony (LANC): now $0.46 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.44.

LNB Bancorp (LNBB): now $0.03 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.01.

Nike (NKE): now $0.28 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.24.

OFG Bancorp (OFG): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.08.

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK): now $0.06 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.04.

Premier Financial Bancorp (PFBI): now $0.13 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.12.

S.Y. Bancorp (SYBT): now $0.23 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.22.

Suncor Energy (SU): now C$0.28 per share quarterly dividend, was C$0.26.

SYSCO (SYY): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.29.

United Security Bancshares (USBI): now $0.02 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.01.

WashingtonFirst Bankshares (WFBI): now $0.05 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.04.

>>Last week’s dividend increases.