On Wednesday, Royal Bank of Canada (ticker symbol : RY) reported their earnings. Royal Bank announced a dividend increase of $0.02 per quarter. This is the second time in the last 12 months Royal Bank has raised its dividend. The last time it raised its dividend was for $0.02 per quarter also. They raised their annual dividend by $0.16 per share which represents a increase of 5.33 % {$0.16/$3.00}. With the low price of oil and lowering of interest rates by the Bank of Canada, I will definitely welcome this raise.
On Friday, Bank of Nova Scotia (ticker symbol: BNS) reported their earnings and announced a dividend increase of $0.02 per quarter as well. This is the second time in the last 12 months that Bank of Nova Scotia has raised its dividend as it raised it by $0.02 per share previously. Therefore, they raised their annual dividend by $0.16 per share which represents a 6.06% increase {$0.16/$2.64}. Bank of Nova Scotia also owns Tangerine Bank, which is an online bank where individuals can bank and not pay any fees.
I own shares of Bank of Nova Scotia directly though its transfer agent. I do not have to pay commissions to acquire more shares as I just mail in a check. The disadvantage of this way of purchasing stocks, is that I have no control over what my purchase price will be. I am also dripping this stock in which the complete dividend gets reinvested.
Disclosure: Long RY and BNS
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Congrats on the raises, IP. Gotta love those regular raises coming from the Cdn banks.
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DeleteThanks for dropping by. I will gladly take the regular raises when they come.
Nice post! Just in time, I've bought both RY and BNS :). I know the canadian dollars vs the us has decreased recently. If the economy pick up, Canada will move closer to the dollar. I'll instantly make 30% :) That's one of the reason to long Canadian banks, but in the meanwhile, I'm enjoy the dividend increase. Thanks for sharing.
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DeleteGreat way to make approximately 30%.
A stock I own up here in Canada, QSR, reports in US dollars and the dividend is report in US dollars. So after the exchange rate conversion my dividend is even more.
Man, I didn't realize you have even more of an edge over me being paid in canadian dollars. That's it! I'm moving! haha. I sure hope Canadian's economy does well.
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What's not to like about any dividend raise? Happy shareholder of both BNS and RY and think that it's amazing that raises can still be made during a tough financial climate in Canada. Says a lot about the companies and management.
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