Daily Dividend Report: AMGN, FITB, MCO, WOR, WDR
updated Wednesday, December 21, 12:44 PM
Amgen today announced that its Board of Directors declared a $1.15 per share dividend for the first quarter of 2017. The dividend will be paid on March 8, 2017, to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on Feb. 15, 2017. This represents a 15 percent increase from that paid in each of the previous four quarters.
Fifth Third Bancorp today declared a cash dividend on its common shares of $0.14 for the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of $0.01, or approximately 8 percent, from its previous quarterly dividend rate. The dividend is payable on January 17, 2017 to shareholders of record as of December 30, 2016.
On December 20, 2016, the Board of Directors of Moody's declared a regular quarterly dividend of 38 cents per share of MCO Common Stock, a 3 percent increase from the prior quarter of 37 cents per share. The dividend will be payable on March 10, 2017 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 20, 2017.
The board of directors of Worthington Industries has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share. The dividend is payable on March 29, 2017, to shareholders of record March 15, 2017. This marks the 197th consecutive quarter that Worthington has paid a dividend since it became a public company in 1968.
The Board of Directors of Waddell & Reed Financial approved a quarterly dividend on its Class A common stock of $0.46 per share payable on February 1, 2017 to stockholders of record as of January 11, 2017.
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