Darden Raises the Dividend

Darden Restaurants, symbol DRI, declared a quarterly dividend of $.56 per share payable on November 1, 2016 to shareholders on October 10.  DRI goes ex-dividend on October 6.

This dividend increase brings DRI back into focus.  With the spin off of Four Corners Property Trust, symbol FCPT, where DRI share holders received 1 share of FCPT for every 3 shares of DRI, total income this quarter would be $.56 from DRI and $.0808 from FCPT or $.64.  This represents an income increase of over 16% from one year ago before the spin off.

Good work Darden.  DRI was a Dividend Machine in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

http://www.themoneymadam.com/2011/11/dividend-machine-for-november-7-2011.html
http://www.themoneymadam.com/2012/09/eat-your-way-to-income-darden-dri.html
http://www.themoneymadam.com/2013/05/2013-dividend-stocks-for-your.html


M* MoneyMadam

Disclosure:  I have not personal position in either DRI or FCPT.  All three Dividend Machine portfolios must hold all positions by definition