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# Dividend Growth Investor: 25 Companies Rewarding Shareholders with Raises
- URL: https://www.smartinvestingsociety.com/dividend-growth-investor-25-companies-rewarding-shareholders-with-raises/
- Published: 2024-02-09T12:46:50.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-09T12:46:50.000Z
- Author: Smart Investing
- Tags: Income investing, Stock Picks, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-30 15:32

Dividend investing hasn’t gone out of style, even as tech stocks lead the market to new all-time highs. With tech giant **Meta Platforms (META)** now announcing its first dividend, tech investors have another way to benefit from a company’s growth.

And unlike earnings, a company can’t restate a dividend. Paying a dividend means a company has the cash flow to regularly send some of that cash on to shareholders. And over time, great companies raise their dividends.

With earnings season underway, a large number of companies have announced dividend increases.

That includes companies like **Imperial Oil (IMO)**. The energy company jus increased its dividend by 20 percent. That’s a bigger increase than its 10-year average annualized return of 14.75 percent.

Plus, Imperial has been raising its dividend for 29 consecutive years. The current yield of 3.2 percent is above average, and a steadily rising dividend will mean a higher payout for long-term shareholders over time.

Another company increasing its payout now is **United Parcel Service (UPS)**. The company increased its payout by 0.6 percent, reflecting some of the weakness in the logistics space right now.

But UPS is an industry leader, and has a 10 percent annualized growth rate over the last 10 years. Today’s buyers can geta 4.6 percent yield, and likely higher growth in time as the industry gets back to growth.

[To view the full list of 25 stocks raising dividends right now, click here.](https://www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com/2024/02/25-companies-rewarding-shareholders.html?ref=smartinvestingsociety.com)