Firms Raising Their Dividend In the Week Ending July 26 Included Hershey and Republic Services

Below we provide a list of firms that increased/decreased their dividends for the week ending July 26. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports, please click here.

Increases

Atlas Energy (ATLS): now $0.44 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.31.

Bar Harbor Bankshares(BHB): now $0.315 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.31.

Barnes Group (B): now $0.11 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10.

BBCN Bancorp (BBCN): now $0.075 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.05.

Celanese Corporation (CE): now $0.18 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.09.

Crane Co (CR): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.28.

Fidelity Southern Corporation (LION): now $0.02 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.01.

First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK): now $0.14 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13.

Hershey Company (HSY): now $0.485 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.42.

Interface (TILE): now $0.03 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.025.

Kennametal (KMT): now $0.18 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.16.

Legacy Reserves (LGCY): now $0.58 per share quarterly distribution, was $0.575.

Lindsay Corporation (LNN): now $0.13 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.115.

MarkWest Energy Partners (MWE): now $0.84 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.83.

McKesson Corp (MCK): now $0.24 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Moody’s Corp (MCO): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Norfolk Southern (NSC): now $0.52 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.50.

Northwest Bancshares (NWBI): now $0.13 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.12.

Principal Financial Group (PFG): now $0.26 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.23.

Rayonier (RYN): now $0.49 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.44.

Republic Services (RSG): now $0.26 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.24.

Sierra Bancorp (BSRR): now $0.07 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06.

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia (SONA): now $0.07 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06.

Spectra Energy Partners (SEP): now $0.50875 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.50125.

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK): now $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.49.

TAL International (TAL): now $0.68 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.66.

Tower Financial Corp (TOFC): now $0.08 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.07.

Union First Market Bankshares (UBSH): now $0.14 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13.

Williams Partners (WPZ): now $0.8625 per share quarterly distribution, was $0.8475.

Decreases

Exco Technologies (XCO): now C$0.045 per share quarterly dividend, was C$0.05.

Home BancShares (HOMB): now $0.075 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15.

Newmont Mining (NEM): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.35.

Solar Capital (SLRC): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.60.

Walter Energy (WLT): now $0.01 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.125.

Washington Banking Company (WBCO): now $0.09 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15.