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Companies with a long history of paying dividends and consistently hiking them remain appealing to income-focused investors. Essential Utilities, ManpowerGroup, and Hess Midstream have rewarded shareholders for years and recently announced dividend increases. These companies currently offer dividend yields of around 3 to 6%.
Essential Utilities
Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for water, wastewater and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves three million people in eight states.
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Essential Utilities has raised its dividends consecutively for the last 33 years. In its most recent dividend announcement on July 31, the company increased the quarterly payout by 6% to $0.3255 per share, which is equal to an annual figure of $1.302 per share. Currently, the dividend yield on the stock stands at 3.63%.
The company’s annual revenue as of Sept. 30 stood at $1.96 billion. As per Essential Utilities’ most recent earnings announcement on Nov. 4, the company posted Q3 2024 EPS of $0.25 and revenues of $435.25 million. Both figures beat the consensus estimates.
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ManpowerGroup
ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) provides workforce solutions and services, including recruitment, assessment, upskilling, reskilling, training, development, career management, outsourcing and workforce consulting.
The company has increased its dividend consecutively since 2011. In its most recent dividend hike announcement on May 3, the company's Board of Directors raised its semiannual dividend by 4.8% to $1.54 per share, which is equal to an annual figure of $3.08 per share. The current yield on the dividend is 5.58%.
ManpowerGroup's annual revenue as of Sept. 30 stood at $18.08 billion. According to its most recent earnings release on Jan. 30, the company posted Q4 2024 revenues of $4.40 billion, below the consensus estimate of $4.43 billion, while EPS of $1.02 beat the consensus of $1.