May 3, 2022 | Deerfield, IL The Board of Directors of Baxter International Inc. has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.29 per common share, an increase of approximately 3.5% over the previous quarterly dividend. Year to date, this marks the fifteenth dividend change for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All fifteen changes were increases. The average dividend increase was 7.03% compared with December 31, 2021 indicated levels. From the press release: “Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a leading global medtech company, today announced an increase in the company’s quarterly cash dividend to a rate of $0.29 per share
May 3 | Purchase, NY The board of directors of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.15 per common share, an increase of approximately 7% from the previous quarterly dividend of $1.075. Year to date, this marks the fourteenth dividend change for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All fourteen changes were increases. The average dividend increase was 7.28% compared with December 31, 2021 indicated levels. From the press release: “The Board of Directors of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) today declared a quarterly dividend of $1.15 per share of PepsiCo common stock, a 7 percent increase versus the comparable year-earlier period. Today’s
April 25 | Waltham, MA The board of directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (NYSE: RTX) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.55 per common share, an increase of approximately 7.8% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. Year to date, this marks the thirteenth dividend change for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All thirteen changes were increases. The average dividend increase was 7.3% compared with December 31, 2021 indicated levels. From the press release: “Raytheon Technologies Corporation (NYSE: RTX) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of 55 cents per outstanding share of RTX common stock, which represents an increase of
April 19, 2022 | New Brunswick, NJ The Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.13 per common share, an increase of approximately 6.6% over the previous quarterly dividend. Year to date, this marks the twelfth dividend change for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All twelve changes were increases. The average dividend increase was 7.26% compared with December 31, 2021 indicated levels. From the press release: “Johnson & Johnson today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a 6.6% increase in the quarterly dividend, from $1.06 per share to $1.13
April 12, 2022 | Cincinnati, OH The Board of Directors of Procter and Gamble has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.9133 per common share, an increase of approximately 5% over the previous quarterly dividend. Year to date, this marks the eleventh dividend change for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All eleven changes were increases. The average dividend increase was 7.32% compared with December 31, 2021 indicated levels. From the press release: “The Board of Directors of The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declared an increased quarterly dividend of $0.9133 per share on the Common Stock and on
February 22 | Atlanta, GA The board of directors of Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.90 per common share, an increase of approximately 15% from the previous quarterly dividend of $1.65. Year to date, this marks the eighth dividend change for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All eight changes were increases. The average increase was 7.46% compared with December 31, 2021 indicated levels. From the press release: “The Company today announced that its board of directors approved a 15 percent increase in its quarterly dividend to $1.90 per share, which equates to an annual dividend of $7.60 per share.