Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending January 4. 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

Bank OZK (OZK): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21.

Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN): now $0.19 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.18.

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY): now $0.41 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.40.

Owens Corning (OC): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21.

Preferred Bank (PFBC): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25.

Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund (TEI): now $0.0655 per share monthly dividend, was $0.0651.

Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBP): now $0.245 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.24.

Watsco (WSO): now $1.60 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.45.

Firms Lowering Their Dividends This Week

Delaware Investments Dividend&Income Fund (DDF): now $0.0913 per share monthly dividend, was $0.0951.

Lazard World Dividend&Income (LOR): now $0.05799 per share monthly dividend, was $0.07409.

MV Oil Trust (MVO): now $0.315 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.415.

Olympia Financial Group (OLGRF): now CAD 0.17 per share monthly dividend, was CAD 0.20.

RiverNorth Opportunities Fund (RIV): now $0.17 per share monthly dividend, was $0.21.

Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR): now $0.302650 per share monthly dividend, was $0.399950.

Templeton Global Income Fund (GIM): now $0.0371 per share monthly dividend, was $0.0378.

>>Last week’s dividend increases.

Source: Seeking Alpha and Nasdaq.