These 3 Stocks Just Declared Dividend Raises

Over 250 publicly traded companies on U.S. exchanges will report quarterly earnings this month. Three industry giants have gotten a jump on the crowd and already announced dividend raises that will come into effect during the next quarterly cycle: American Express (NYSE: AXP), Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL). The good news continues for fans of income stocks: investors still have time to take advantage of each dividend increase.

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First in line is American Express, the powerful and highly profitable payment card company. Starting with its next quarterly distribution, AmEx is spreading its recent success to shareholders in the form of a huge 20% dividend raise to $0.52 per share.

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