Applied Materials (AMAT) will raise its quarterly dividend by 11.1 percent from $0.09 to $0.10 per share in 2013. This follows a 12.5 percent dividend hike by the company last year.

Applied Materials, Inc. is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. The company provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the global semiconductor, display and related industries. Applied Materials has three operating segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services and Display and Adjacent Markets. The company's customers include manufacturers of semiconductor chips, liquid crystal and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, and other electronic devices. Applied Materials was incorporated in 1967 and has paid a dividend every year since 2005.