Monday, February 27, 2017

Royal Bank of Canada announces dividend increase

Board of Directors of Royal Bank of Canada announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.83 to CA$ 0.87 per share that’s payable May 24, 2017 to holders of record April 25, 2017. This represents a 7.41 % increase over the first quarter 2016 dividend of CA$ 0.81 per share and a 4.82 % increase over for the third quarter 2016 of CA$ 0.83 per share. With current price CA$ 98.26 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.54 %.

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