Cummins (CMI) will raise its quarterly dividend by 25.0 percent from $0.40 to $0.50 per share in 2012. Last year the diesel engine manufacturer hiked its dividend by 52.4 percent.

Cummins Inc., is a manufacturer of power solutions. The company designs, manufactures, distributes and services diesel and natural gas engines and powertrain-related component products, including filtration, aftertreatment, turbochargers, fuel systems, controls systems, air handling systems, transmissions, electric power generation systems, batteries and electrified power systems. Cummins sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, dealers and other customers worldwide. Cummins, headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, was founded in 1919 as Cummins Engine Company and was first traded publicly in 1947.