McKesson Corporation (MCK) will raise its quarterly dividend by 20 percent to $0.24 per share in 2013. The company didn't announce a dividend hike last year with the latest increase dating back to 2011. The next dividend will be payable on October 1, 2013, to stockholders of record on September 3, 2013.
McKesson Corporation is a healthcare supply chain management solutions, retail pharmacy, community oncology and specialty care company. McKesson partners with life sciences companies, manufacturers, providers, pharmacies, governments and other healthcare organizations to help provide medicines, medical products and healthcare service. The company has three reportable segments: U.S. Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions, European Pharmaceutical Solutions and Medical-Surgical Solutions. McKesson Corporation has paid a dividend every year since 1994.