EasyResearch Weekly Dividends Update

In 2023, dividend-paying stocks paid over half a billion rand (+R500 million) to investors on the EasyEquities platform from the local markets and more than $3 million from the US market. A phenomenal achievement for the EasyEquities community. Are you one of the investors making 2024 a year of passive income?

Here's the latest update on companies preparing to pay dividends, with the last date to trade being this week.

Companies that increased their quarterly payouts for 2024 include:

• AECOM: A global engineering and infrastructure firm that increased its quarterly dividend by 22%.
• Mastercard Inc: The payment processing giant behind Mastercard credit cards and digital transactions, increased its dividend by 13%.
• Roper Technologies Inc: A diversified technology company owning businesses in various sectors, experienced a 9% increase.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company: One of the leading pharmaceutical companies developing innovative drugs for cancer, increased by 5%

United Kingdom 

Auto Trader Group PLC will be paying £0.03 per share.

• Last trading date - 03 January 2024
• Payment date - 26 January 2024

South Africa

Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited will be paying R0.20 per share.

• Last trading date – 02 January 2024
• Payment date – 08 January 2024

Barloworld Limited will be paying R3.00 per share.

• Last trading date – 02 January 2024
• Payment date – 08 January 2024

Capital Appreciation Limited will be paying R0.04 per share.

• Last trading date – 02 January 2024
• Payment date – 08 January 2024

Mahube Infrastructure Limited will be paying R0.35 per share.

• Last trading date – 02 January 2024
• Payment date – 08 January 2024

The Foschini Group Limited will be paying R1.50 per share.

• Last trading date – 02 January 2024
• Payment date – 08 January 2024

America 

Cisco Systems Inc will be paying $0.39 per share.

• Last trading date - 02 January 2024
• Payment date - 24 January 2024

AECOM will be paying $0.22 per share.

• Last trading date - 02 January 2024
• Payment date - 19 January 2024

Campbell Soup Co will be paying $0.37 per share.

• Last trading date - 02 January 2024
• Payment date - 29 January 2024

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company will be paying $0.60 per share.

• Last trading date - 03 January 2024
• Payment date - 01 February 2024

Marvell Technology Inc will be paying $0.06 per share.

• Last trading date - 03 January 2024
• Payment date - 31 January 2024

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc will be paying $0.21 per share.

• Last trading date - 03 January 2024
• Payment date - 19 January 2024

JPMorgan Chase & Co will be paying $1.05 per share.

• Last trading date - 03 January 2024
• Payment date - 31 January 2024

Main Street Capital Corporation will be paying $0.24 per share.

• Last trading date - 03 January 2024
• Payment date -12 January 2024

American Express Company will be paying $0.60 per share.

• Last trading date - 03 January 2024
• Payment date - 09 February 2024

Roper Technologies Inc will be paying $0.75 per share.

• Last trading date - 05 January 2024
• Payment date - 23 January 2024

Mastercard Inc will be paying $0.66 per share.

• Last trading date - 05 January 2024
• Payment date - 09 February 2024
  
  

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