Dividend Roundup: Apple, PepsiCo, UPS, Visa and more

This week’s dividend activity included an increased payout from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP as well as declarations from names like United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS and La-Z-Boy (LZB .

Meanwhile, looking ahead to next week, industry players like Visa (NYSE:V and IBM (IBM will see the ex-dividend dates for their upcoming dividend payments.

See below a breakdown of some of the highlights of this week, along with some upcoming activity on the dividend front.

Dividend Increases

Here are some companies that have announced a dividend increase in the past week:

PepsiCo (PEP

• Dividend declared: May 2
• New dividend amount: $1.2650
• Previous amount: $1.15
• Increase: 10.00%

Simon Property Group (SPG

• Dividend declared: May 2
• New dividend amount: $1.85
• Previous amount: $1.80
• Increase: 2.75%

Chesapeake Energy (CHK

• Dividend declared: May 2
• New dividend amount: $1.18
• Previous amount: $0.4380
• Increase: 169.41%

Enbridge (ENB

• Dividend declared: May 3
• New dividend amount: $0.6550
• Previous amount: $0.6538
• Increase: 0.18%

Leggett & Platt (LEG

• Dividend declared: May 4
• New dividend amount: $0.46
• Previous amount: $0.44
• Increase: 4.55%

Apple (AAPL

• Dividend declared: May 4
• New dividend amount: $0.24
• Previous amount: $0.23
• Increase: 4.30%

Dividend Declarations

Here are some companies that have announced a dividend in the past week:

La-Z-Boy (LZB

• Dividend declared: May 2
• Dividend amount: $0.1815

Estee Lauder (EL

• Dividend declared: May 3
• Dividend amount: $0.66

Kraft Heinz (KHC

• Dividend declared: May 3
• Dividend amount: $0.40

American Express (AXP

• Dividend declared: May 3
• Dividend amount: $0.60

United Parcel Service (UPS

• Dividend declared: May 3
• Dividend amount: $1.62

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Here are some companies that have an ex-dividend date coming next week: 

MetLife (MET

• Ex-dividend date: May 8
• Payout date: June 14

IBM (IBM

• Ex-dividend date: May 9
• Payout date: June 10

Diamondback Energy (FANG

• Ex-dividend date: May 10
• Payout date: May 18

TJX Companies (TJX

• Ex-dividend date: May 10
• Payout date: June 1

Starbucks (SBUX

• Ex-dividend date: May 11
• Payout date: May 26

Visa (V

• Ex-dividend date: May 11
• Payout date: June 1

Eli Lilly (LLY

• Ex-dividend date: May 12
• Payout date: June 9

Kroger (KR

• Ex-dividend date: May 12
• Payout date: June 1

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