Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending October 7. 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

American Financial (AFG): now $0.3125 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.28.

Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK): now $0.165 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.16.

Enterprise Products (EPD): now $0.405 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.40.

FNB Bancorp (FNBG): now $0.16 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15.

Genesis Energy (GEL): now $0.70 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.69.

Ingersoll-Rand (IR): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.32.

Intuit (INTU): now $0.34 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.30.

LTC Properties (LTC): now $0.19 per share monthly dividend, was $0.18.

MV Oil Trust (MVO): now $0.16 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.11.

Reaves Utility Income Fund (UTG): now $0.16 per share monthly dividend, was $0.15125.

RPM (RPM): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.275.

Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR): now $0.23324 per share monthly dividend, was $0.21635.

Tallgrass Energy (TEGP): now $0.2625 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.245.

Tallgrass Energy Partners (TEP): now $0.795 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.755.

Watsco (WSO): now $1.05 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.85.

Firms Lowering Their Dividends This Week                                    

Costamare (CMRE): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.29.

Potash (POT): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25.

Smith & Nephew plc (SNN): now $0.246/ADS semi-annual dividend, was $0.38.

 >>Last week’s dividend increases.