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Analog Devices (ADI) announced that its Board of Directors has voted to increase its quarterly dividend to $0.54 per outstanding share of common stock. The increase is effective with the dividend payable on March 12, 2019 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 1, 2019.

Williams' (WMB) board of directors has approved a regular dividend of $0.38 per share, or $1.52 annualized, on the company's common stock, payable on March 25, 2019, to holders of record at the close of business on March 8, 2019. The new amount is an 11.8 percent increase from Williams' first-quarter 2018 quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share, paid in March 2018.

Xcel Energy (XEL) raised the quarterly dividend on the company's common stock from 38 cents per share to 40.5 cents per share, which is equivalent to an annual rate of $1.62 per share. The dividends are payable April 20, 2019, to shareholders of record on March 15, 2019.

Concho Resources (CXO) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.125 per share on the Company's outstanding common stock. The quarterly dividend is payable March 29, 2019, to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2019.