The biggest dividend hike came from CF Industries with a 50 percent hike and Alon who announced a 66.67 percent dividend increase.
The biggest names from the buyback list came from CBS, worth $6 billion and Nestlé, CHF 8 billion.
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Dividend Growth of the past Week
|
Company
|
Yield in %
|
|
Dividend Growth
|
|
Alon USA Energy
|
2.76
|
|
66.67%
|
|
Avnet Inc
|
1.56
|
|
6.67%
|
|
Carlisle Cos
|
1.23
|
|
13.64%
|
|
CF Industries Holdings
|
2.43
|
|
50.00%
|
|
Cogent Comms Hldgs
|
3.56
|
|
76.47%
|
|
Dover Corp
|
1.87
|
|
6.67%
|
|
Harman Intl Indus Inc
|
1.22
|
|
10.00%
|
|
Hawkins
|
2.18
|
|
5.56%
|
|
j2 Global
|
2.16
|
|
2.78%
|
|
KLA-Tencor
|
2.76
|
|
11.11%
|
|
NRG Yield Inc.
|
2.77
|
|
4.29%
|
|
Pinnacle Foods Inc.
|
3.06
|
|
11.90%
|
|
Southside Bancshares
|
2.96
|
|
4.76%
|
|
Whiting USA Trust II
|
25.04
|
|
23.55%
|
|
Bank Of America
|
1.32
|
|
400.00%
|
|
Broadridge Financial
|
2.71
|
|
28.57%
|
|
Murphy Oil
|
2.32
|
|
12.00%
|
|
Pattern Energy Group Inc.
|
4.36
|
|
1.86%
|
|
Safety Ins Group
|
5.38
|
|
16.67%
|
|
Spectra Engy Ptnr
|
4.31
|
|
1.80%
|
|
Terra Nitrogen
|
8.27
|
|
3.32%
|
|
Walgreen
|
2.22
|
|
7.14%
|
|
Aqua America
|
2.75
|
|
8.55%
|
|
EOG Resources
|
0.63
|
|
34.00%
|
|
Evolving Systems
|
4.38
|
|
10.00%
|
|
Hampden Bancorp
|
1.79
|
|
33.33%
|
|
HSBC USA Pfd. G
|
4.59
|
|
1.10%
|
|
Intl Flavors&Fragrances
|
1.92
|
|
20.51%
|
|
Leggett&Platt
|
3.72
|
|
3.33%
|
|
Main Street Capital
|
6.55
|
|
3.03%
|
|
Mondelez Intl Cl A
|
1.68
|
|
7.14%
|
|
Monsanto
|
1.69
|
|
13.95%
|
|
Resources Connection
|
2.11
|
|
14.29%
|
|
RLJ Lodging Trust
|
4.22
|
|
36.36%
|
|
Sabine Royalty Tr UBI
|
8.13
|
|
52.31%
|
|
Sinclair Broadcast Cl A
|
2.04
|
|
10.00%
|
|
Steris Corp
|
1.79
|
|
9.52%
|
|
Atlas Energy
|
4.41
|
|
6.52%
|
|
Burger King Worldwide
|
1.2
|
|
14.29%
|
|
Crawford&Co A
|
3.29
|
|
40.00%
|
|
Crawford&Co B
|
2.13
|
|
25.00%
|
|
Expedia
|
0.85
|
|
20.00%
|
|
Northrim Bancorp
|
2.91
|
|
5.88%
|
|
Summit Hotel Properties
|
4.46
|
|
4.44%
|
|
Western Refining Logistic
|
3.8
|
|
3.36%
|
Announced Share Repurchases of the Week
|
Company
|
Stock Buyback Volume or No. Of Shares
|
|
Arctic Cat Inc
|
$25 Mln
|
|
CBS Corp.
|
$6 Bln
|
|
Cogent Communications Group Inc.
|
$50 Mln
|
|
Sonic Corp
|
$105 Mln
|
|
WGL Holdings Inc.
|
$150 Mln
|
|
AudioCodes Ltd
|
$3 Mln
|
|
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd
|
$500 Mln
|
|
Nestle SA
|
CHF 8 Bln
|
|
CareFusion Corp.
|
$750 Mln
|
|
Kemper Corp
|
$300 Mln
|
|
AOL Inc.
|
$150 Mln
|
|
CF Industries Holdings Inc.
|
$1 Bln
|
|
Callaway Golf Co.
|
$50 Mln
|
|
VMware Inc.
|
$1.0 Bln
|
|
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd
|
$500 Mln
|
|
Cardinal Health Inc
|
$1 Bln
|
|
Thoratec Corp.
|
$30 Mln
|
|
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
|
$500 Mln
|
|
Dun & Bradstreet
|
$100 Mln
|
|
Murphy Oil
|
$500 Mln
|
|
II-VI Inc.
|
$50 Mln
|
|
TechTarget Inc.
|
$20 Mln
|
|
Automatic Data Processing Inc.
|
30 Mln
|
|
EnerSys
|
$60 Mln
|
|
ocean shore holding co.
|
135 K
|
|
Vitamin Shoppe Inc.
|
$100 Mln
|
|
The Hackett Group Inc.
|
$5.0 Mln
|
|
Air Transport Services Group, Inc.
|
$50 Mln
|
|
Dana Holding
|
$400 Mln
|
|
Medallion Financial Corp.
|
$20 Mln
|