Dunkin' Brands (DNKN) will raise its quarterly dividend by 21.1 percent to $0.23 per share in the first quarter of 2014. This follows a similar four cent dividend hike to 19 cents per share last year. DNKN initiated a 15 cent quarterly dividend in 2012.

Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. is a franchisor of quick service restaurants serving hot and cold coffee and baked goods, as well as hard-serve ice cream. The Company franchises restaurants in the United States and international under its Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands. Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc., headquartered in Canton, Mass., became a public company in 2011.