Dividends represent a form of passive income, with the potential for payouts to shareholders spanning over 100 years.
Here are some companies in this week's update that boast a history of a century or more in paying dividends.
- General Mills Inc. is an American consumer food powerhouse behind cereal brands like Cheerios and Cocoa Puffs. The company, along with its predecessor, has paid dividends uninterrupted for 125 years.
- Abbott Laboratories, an American healthcare company, has declared consecutive quarterly dividends for a century. The upcoming payout marks the 400th consecutive quarterly dividend and the 52nd consecutive year of dividend growth. The first quarterly payout of 2024 is up 7% from the previous quarter.
In addition, the local market has several ETFs (exchange-traded funds) from Sygnia and Prescient that have declared dividends.
United Kingdom
SSE PLC will be paying £0.20 per share.
- Last trading date - 10 January 2024
- Payment date - 08 March 2024
Sage Group PLC will be paying £0.12 per share.
- Last trading date - 10 January 2024
- Payment date - 09 February 2024
Ashtead Group PLC will be paying $0.15 per share.
- Last trading date - 10 January 2024
- Payment date - 08 February 2024
South Africa
Sappi Limited will be paying R2.77 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 January 2024
- Payment date – 15 January 2024
Marshall Monteagle PLC will be paying R0.35 per share.
- Last trading date – 09 January 2024
- Payment date – 15 January 2024
America
General Mills Inc will be paying $0.59 per share.
- Last trading date - 08 January 2024
- Payment date - 01 February 2024
Verizon Communications Inc will be paying $0.66 per share.
- Last trading date - 08 January 2024
- Payment date - 01 February 2024
Intuit Inc will be paying $0.90 per share.
- Last trading date - 08 January 2024
- Payment date - 18 January 2024
AT&T Inc will be paying $0.27 per share.
- Last trading date - 08 January 2024
- Payment date - 01 February 2024
Oracle Corp will be paying $0.40 per share.
- Last trading date - 09 January 2024
- Payment date - 25 January 2024
Freeport-McMoRan Inc will be paying $0.15 ($0.075 ordinary and $0.075 special) per share.
- Last trading date - 10 January 2024
- Payment date - 01 February 2024
Abbott Laboratories will be paying $0.55 per share.
- Last trading date - 10 January 2024
- Payment date - 15 February 2024
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc will be paying $0.03 per share.
- Last trading date - 11 January 2024
- Payment date - 15 February 2024
AbbVie Inc will be paying $1.55 per share.
- Last trading date - 11 January 2024
- Payment date - 15 February 2024
Sources – EasyResearch.
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