Starbucks (SBUX) will raise its quarterly dividend by another twenty percent to $0.36 per share in the third quarter of 2018.
In Q4 of last year the coffee company had also increased its dividend by 20 percent to $0.30 per share.
The next dividend is payable on August 24, 2018, to shareholders of record as of August 9, 2018. This represents the 8th annual increase in the company’s regular quarterly dividend. The new dividend yield for SBUX is 2.5%.
Starbucks Corporation (Starbucks) is a roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee. The company purchases and roasts high-quality coffees that are sold, along with handcrafted coffee, tea and other beverages and a variety of high-quality food items through company-operated stores. Starbucks also sells a variety of coffee and tea products and licenses its trademarks through other channels such as licensed stores, grocery and foodservice accounts. In addition to its flagship Starbucks Coffee brand, the company sells goods and services under the following brands: Teavana, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Evolution Fresh, La Boulange, Ethos, Starbucks Reserve and Princi. Starbucks Corporation was formed in 1985 and has paid a dividend every year since 2010.