Industrial conglomerate 3M (MMM) will raise its quarterly dividend by 34.6 percent from $0.635 to $0.855 per share next year. 3M also announced that it will repurchase its own shares for a total amount of $17 to $22 billion between 2013 and 2017. It's the biggest buyback announcement in the United ...

Host Hostels & Resorts (HST) will raise its quarterly dividend by 7.1 percent to $0.13 per share in the fourth quarter of 2013. It's the 12th consecutive quarterly dividend increase for the Real Estate Investment Trust and follows a 1 cent dividend hike in the previous quarter.

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc ...

The Ensign Group (ENSG) will raise its quarterly dividend by 7.7 percent to $0.07 per share. It's the 11th consecutive year of dividend increases for Ensign.

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s provides skilled nursing and assisted living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, home health and hospice services and other rehabilitative and ...

Dividend Aristocrat Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) will raise its quarterly dividend by 26.3 percent to $0.24 per share, marking the second dividend hike announced in 2013. The agricultural company now has raised the dividend for 39 consecutive years.

Archer Daniels Midland Company is a producer of food and beverage ingredients, and other products ...

Pfizer (PFE) will raise its quarterly dividend by 8.3 percent to $0.26 per share. This follows last year's 9.1 percent dividend hike and marks the fourth consecutive year of dividend increases for the biopharmaceutical company.

Pfizer Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company with a global portfolio that includes medicines, vaccines and consumer ...

Industrial company Roper Industries (ROP) will raise its quarterly dividend by 21.2 percent from $0.165 to $0.20 per share. This marks the 21st consecutive annual dividend increase for Roper Industries and follows a 20.0 percent dividend boost in the previous year. For the next ex-dividend dates check the dividend calendar page ...

Boeing (BA) will raise its quarterly dividend by 50.5 percent to $0.73 per share. It's the third consecutive annual dividend increase for Boeing.

The aircraft maker also added $10 billion to its existing share repurchase plan. The yield on the new annual dividend is 2.2%.

The Boeing Company is an aerospace ...

Balchem Corporation (BCPC) will raise its annual dividend by 18.2 percent to $0.26 per share. Last year the company hiked its dividend by 22.2 percent.

Balchem Corporation is engaged in the development, manufacture, distribution and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical and medical sterilization industries ...