CenterPoint Energy (CNP) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2775 per share of common stock, payable on March 8, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 15, 2018. This represents approximately a 4 percent increase from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.2675, and if annualized, would equate to $1.11 per share.
Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) has declared a fourth quarter dividend of $0.55 per share of common stock. The dividend will be paid in cash on January 16, 2018 to holders of record as of December 29, 2017. The fourth quarter dividend, together with the regular cash dividends paid in the first three quarters of 2017, represent an annual yield of 6.5% based on the closing stock price as of December 13, 2017.
Pier 1 Imports declared a $0.07 per share quarterly cash dividend on the Company's outstanding shares of common stock. The $0.07 quarterly cash dividend will be paid on January 31, 2018, to shareholders of record on January 17, 2018.
Caterpillar (CAT) voted to maintain the quarterly cash dividend of seventy-eight cents ($0.78) per share of common stock, payable February 20, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 22, 2018.
EOG Resources (EOG) has declared a dividend of $0.1675 per share on EOG's Common Stock, payable January 31, 2018, to stockholders of record as of January 17, 2018. The indicated annual rate is $0.67.
Xcel Energy (XEL) declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of 36 cents per share. The dividends are payable January 20, 2018, to shareholders of record on December 28, 2017.
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