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Companies with a long history of paying dividends and consistently hiking them remain appealing to income-focused investors. Agree Realty, Peoples Bancorp, and Robert Half have rewarded shareholders for years and recently announced dividend increases. These companies currently offer dividend yields of around 4%.
Agree Realty
Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) operates as a fully integrated real estate investment trust mainly focused on the ownership, acquisition, development and management of retail properties net leased to industry-leading tenants.
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Agree Realty has raised its dividends every year for the last 12 years. According to the company’s most recent dividend hike announcement on Oct. 10, it raised the monthly dividend from $0.25 to $0.253 per share, which is equal to an annual figure of $3.036 per share. Currently, the company’s dividend yield stands at 4.27%.
Agree Realty’s annual revenue as of Sept. 30 stood at $600.53 million. In its most recent earnings release on Feb. 11, the company posted Q4 2024 revenues of $160.73 million and AFFO of $1.04, both beating the consensus estimates.
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Peoples Bancorp
Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) is the holding company for Peoples Bank, which provides commercial and consumer banking products and services.
The company has increased its dividends consecutively for the last nine years. In its most recent dividend hike announcement on April 23, Peoples Bancorp raised the quarterly dividend from $0.39 to $0.40 per share, equal to an annual figure of $1.60 per share. Currently, the dividend yield on the stock is 4.84%.
The company’s annual revenue as of Sept. 30 stood at $442.41 million. As per its most recent earnings announcement on Jan. 21, it generated Q4 2024 revenues of $113.64 million, beating the consensus estimate of $110 million, and EPS of $0.76, matching expectations.
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Robert Half
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) provides global talent solutions and business consulting services. It offers temporary, permanent and outcome-based staffing for in-person and remote positions in finance, accounting, technology, legal, marketing and administrative fields.
