Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending March 16. 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

Acushnet Holdings (GOLF): now $0.13 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.12.

American Vanguard (AVD): now $0.02 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.015.

Atlantica Yield (AY): now $0.31 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.29.

BRT Apartments (BRT): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.18.

Canterbury Park (CPHC): now $0.07 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06.

CareTrust REIT (CTRE): now $0.205 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.185.

CenterState Banks (CSFL): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06.

Dollar General (DG): now $0.29 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.26.

Domino’s Pizza (DPZ): now $0.55 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.46.

DSW (DSW): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Equity Residential (EQR): now $0.54 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.50375.

Euronext NV (EUXTF): now EUR 1.73 per share annual dividend, was EUR 1.42.

Fidelity National Financial (FNF): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.27.

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

First Farmers Financial (FFMR): now $0.41 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.36.

Hurco (HURC): now $0.11 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10.

Independent Bank (INDB): now $0.38 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.32.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.37.

NorthWestern (NWE): now $0.55 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.525.

Ottawa Savings Bancorp (OTTW): now $0.05 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.04.

Owens & Minor (OMI): now $0.26 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2575.

Paramount (PGRE): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.095.

Parkland Fuel (PKIUF): now CAD 0.0978 per share monthly dividend, was CAD 0.0962.

Reality Income (O): now $0.2195 per share monthly dividend, was $0.219.

Reaves Utility Income Fund (UTG): now $0.17 per share monthly dividend, was $0.16.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS): now $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.45.

Restaurant Brands (QSR): now $0.45 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21.

Signet (SIG): now $0.37 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.31.

Stella Jones (STLJF): now CAD 0.12 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.11.

TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI): now $0.0665 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.0575.

Texas Roadhouse (TXRH): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21.

Toll Brothers (TOL): now $0.11 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.08.

Umpqua Holdings (UMPQ): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.18.

W.P. Carey (WPC): now $1.015 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.01.

Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH): now $0.43 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.39.

Western Union (WU): now $0.19 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.175.

Williams-Sonoma (WSM): now $0.43 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.39.

Firms Lowering Their Dividends This Week

Alcentra (ABDC): now $0.18 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25.

Capstead Mortgage (CMO): now $0.16 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19.

Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index Tracking ETF (ONEQ): now $0.44 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.77.

Franklin Templeton Duration Income Trust (FTF): now $0.1011 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.103.

Foresight Energy (FELP): now $0.0565 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.0605.

Sasol (SSL): now $0.321 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.461.

Shaw Communications (SJR): now $0.098542 per share monthly dividend, was $0.09875.

>>Last week’s dividend increases.

Source: Seeking Alpha and Nasdaq.