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Companies with a long history of paying dividends and consistently hiking them remain appealing to income-focused investors. Horace Mann Educators, WesBanco and CME Group have rewarded shareholders for decades and recently announced dividend increases. These companies currently offer dividend yields of around 3-4%.
Horace Mann Educators
Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) is a diversified insurance holding company that markets and underwrites personal lines of property and casualty insurance, retirement annuities and life insurance.
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The company has increased its dividends every year for the last 15 years. As per the company’s most recent dividend hike announcement on March 4, it increased the quarterly dividend by 3% to $0.34 per share, equal to an annual figure of $1.36 per share. Currently, the dividend yield on the stock is 3.42%.
The company’s annual revenue (as of Sept. 30) stood at $1.54 billion. According to its most recent earnings release on Nov. 4, it generated revenues of $412.10 million and an EPS of $0.76 for Q3 2024, both above the consensus estimates.
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WesBanco
WesBanco (NASDAQ:WSBC) provides retail banking, corporate banking, personal and corporate trust, brokerage, mortgage banking and insurance services to individuals and businesses in the United States.
The company has raised its dividends consecutively for the last 14 years. According to WesBanco’s most recent dividend announcement on Nov. 20, its board of directors raised the quarterly dividend from $0.36 to $0.37 per share or $1.48 annualized. Currently, the dividend yield on the stock stands at 4.43%.
WesBanco’s annual revenue (as of Sept. 30) stood at $584.63 million. According to the company’s most recent earnings announcement on Oct. 23, it generated Q3 2024 revenues of $121.14 million and an EPS of $0.56, both above Street estimates.
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CME Group
CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) operates contract markets for trading futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy and metals, fixed income and foreign currency trading services.
