Dividend increase #31 of 2026 : Lowe's Companies Inc.

 The board of directors of Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of one dollar and 25 cents ($1.25) per share, payable Aug. 5, 2026, to shareholders of record as of July 22, 2026. This represents a 4% increase over the company's previous dividend of one dollar and 20 cents ($1.20) per share.

Dividend increase #30 of 2026 : Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) declared a quarterly dividend of $1.76 per share reflecting an increase of $0.12 or 7%. Dividend is payable on August 24th for shareholders of record on July 27th. Ex-dividend date is July 27th

Dividend increase #29 of 2026: National Bank of Canada

National Bank of Canada’s (TSX: NA) Board of Directors announces an increase of 8 cents per common share to $1.32 per common share for the quarter ending July 31, 2026. This dividend is payable on August 1, 2026, to common shareholders of record on June 29, 2026.

Dividend increase #28 of 2026 : Bank of Nova Scotia

Scotiabank (BNS) announced a dividend of C$1.14 per share, an increase of C$0.04 per share on the outstanding common shares of the Bank. This dividend is payable on July 29 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 7.

Dividend increase #27 of 2026 : Bank of Montreal

Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $1.71 per share on paid-up common shares of Bank of Montreal for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, a 4 cent, or 2 percent, increase from the priorquarter, up 5 percent from the prior year.

Dividend decrease #5 of 2026 : Flowers Foods Inc.

Flowers Foods Inc. (NYSE:FLO) today announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.1250 per share, representing the 95th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the company and is payable on June 26, 2026, to shareholders of record on June 12, 2026. This is a big -50% decrease over the dividend of previous quarter but it was expected due to how the company has been performing lately.

Dividend increase #27 of 2026 : SFL Corporation

SFL Corporation (NYSE:SFL) declares $0.22/share quarterly dividend. This is a 10% increase of the dividend of the previous quarter. Forward yield is at 7.33%. Dividend is payable on June 22nd for shareholders of record on May 27th. Ex-dividend day is May 27th.

Dividend decrease #4 of 2026 : Prospect Capital

Prospect Capital (NYSE:PSEC) announced monthly common shareholder distributions of $0.035 per share for May through August. This is a decrease from previous quarter dividend $0.045 per share.

Dividend decrease #3 of 2026 : Arbor Realty Trust

Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) declares $0.17/share quarterly dividend. Forward yield 8.32%. Dividend is payable on June 5th for shareholders of record on May 22nd. Ex-dividend date is May 22.

Dividend increase #26 of 2026 : Pembina Pipeline Corporation

Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) declares C$0.735/share quarterly dividend, this is 3.5% increase from prior dividend of C$0.710. Dividend is payable on June 30th for shareholders of record on June 15th. Ex-dividend date is on June 15.

Dividend increase #25 of 2026 : Chimera Investment

Chimera Investment (NYSE:CIM) declares $0.50/share quarterly dividend,  this is a 11.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.45. Forward yield is at 14.67%. Dividend is payable on June 30th, for shareholders of record on June 1st. Ex-dividend data is on June 1st.

New purchase : Community Healthcare Trust Inc.

Added 55 shares of Community Healthcare Trust Inc. (NYSE:CHCT) at $17.70 per share. I now hold 180 shares of Community Healthcare Trust Inc.

New purchase : W.P. Carey Inc.

Added 8 shares of W.P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) at $73.36 per share. I now hold 66 shares of W.P. Carey Inc.

New purchase : Amgen Inc.

Added 4 shares of Amgen Inc. (NYSE:AMGN) at $326.80 per share. I now hold 24 shares of Amgen Inc.

New purchase : EPR Properties Inc.

Added 14 shares of EPR Properties Inc. (NYSE:EPR) at $56.08 per share. I now hold 80 shares of EPR Properties Inc.

Main Street Capital Corporation to pay supplemental dividend in June

In addition to the regular monthly dividends for the third quarter of 2026, the Board of Directors declared a supplemental cash dividend of $0.30 per share payable in June 2026. This supplemental cash dividend, which will be payable as set forth in the table below, will be paid out of Main Street's undistributed taxable income (taxable income in excess of dividends paid) as of March 31, 2026.

Supplemental Cash Dividend Payable in June 2026
Declared	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount Per Share
5/4/2026	6/22/2026	6/22/2026	6/29/2026	$0.30

Dividend increase #24 of 2026 : Main Street Capital Corporation

Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors declared regular monthly cash dividends of $0.265 per share for each of July, August and September 2026. These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.795 per share for the third quarter of 2026 and represent a 1.9% increase from the regular monthly dividends declared for the second quarter of 2026 and a 3.9% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid in the third quarter of 2025. Since its October 2007 initial public offering, Main Street has periodically increased the amount of its regular monthly dividends paid per share and has never reduced its regular monthly dividend amount per share.

Summary of Third Quarter 2026 Regular Monthly Dividends
Declared	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount Per Share
5/4/2026	7/8/2026	7/8/2026	7/15/2026	$0.265
5/4/2026	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/14/2026	$0.265
5/4/2026	9/8/2026	9/8/2026	9/15/2026	$0.265
		Total for Third Quarter 2026:		$0.795

Status update : April 2026

 Dividends received in April

- 52.28 from Telus Corporation
- 78.52 from Canadian Natural_Resources
- 73.91 from Iron Mountain
- 24.21 from Coca-Cola 
- 31.75 from Aspo Oyj
- 427.20 from Nordea 
- 21.09 from AGNC Investment
- 110.26 from Fortum 
- 27.30 from Stora Enso
- 75.11 from Altria Group
- 20.62 from Trinity Capital
- 45.57 from W.P. Carey
- 26.79 from Starwood Property
- 33.48 from Realty Income
- 17.30 from EPR Properties
- 19.47 from Whitecap Resources
- 32.40 from Main Street
- 18.75 from UPM-Kymmene 
- 5.44 from Vermilion Energy
- 10.33 from Prospect Capital
- 17.71 from Kesko Oyj
- 31.98 from Telia Company
- 40.60 from Bank_of_Nova_Scotia 
- 12.18 from LTC Properties
- 44.22 from Annaly_Capital_Management 
- 15.00 from Capman Oyj
- 32.65 from Rithm Capital
- 19.21 from Saratoga Investment
- 22.30 from Chimera Investment
- 24.52 from Gladstone Investment_Corp
- 10.79 from Gladstone Commercial_Corp
- 20.61 from Gladstone Capital_Corp

This makes a total of 1443.65 in dividends received from 32 companies. Previous year I received 1076.73 in April. This is a 34.08% change in dividends, big change is due to Nordea paying dividends in April this year.

Progress update : April 2026

r-2026

Quote	2023	2024	2025	2026	1y chg	2y chg	3y chg
Telus Corporation	35.92	51.50	50.75	52.28	3.01%	1.51%	45.55%
Canadian Natural_Resources	40.20	54.15	65.27	78.52	20.30%	45.00%	95.32%
Iron Mountain	55.74	59.19	70.02	73.91	5.56%	24.87%	32.60%
Coca-Cola	22.24	23.93	24.45	24.21	-0.98%	1.17%	8.86%
Sanoma Oyj	9.10	9.10	-	-	%
Aspo Oyj	-	30.48	-	31.75	%
Nordea	294.40	358.80	-	427.20	%	19.06%
AGNC Investment	22.64	22.70	22.29	21.09	-5.38%	-7.09%	-6.85%
Fortum	58.70	85.68	208.60	110.26	-47.1%	28.69%	87.84%
Stora Enso	-	21.00	27.30	27.30	0.00%	30.00%
Altria Group	62.13	66.63	74.09	75.11	1.38%	12.73%	20.89%
Trinity Capital	45.59	67.77	63.64	20.62	-67.6%	-69.5%	-54.7%
Algonquin Power_and_Utils	13.91	13.68	-	-	%
W.P. Carey	55.76	46.94	45.36	45.57	0.46%	-2.92%	-18.2%
Starwood Property	-	-	-	26.79
Realty Income	15.77	22.49	22.05	33.48	51.84%	48.87%	112.3%
EPR Properties	9.22	9.86	17.10	17.30	1.17%	75.46%	87.64%
First_National Financial	-	-	6.59	-
Whitecap Resources	-	11.18	10.39	19.47	87.39%	74.15%
Main Street	19.64	21.69	28.66	32.40	13.05%	49.38%	64.97%
UPM-Kymmene	18.75	18.75	18.75	18.75	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Vermilion Energy	4.43	5.32	5.35	5.44	1.68%	2.26%	22.80%
Prospect Capital	14.78	15.22	10.59	10.33	-2.46%	-32.1%	-30.1%
Kesko Oyj	-	14.30	12.65	17.71	40.00%	23.85%
Telia Company	27.59	29.29	30.55	31.98	4.68%	9.18%	15.91%
Bank_of_Nova_Scotia	26.82	42.65	39.69	40.60	2.29%	-4.81%	51.38%
LTC Properties	12.95	13.33	12.53	12.18	-2.79%	-8.63%	-5.95%
Orchid Island	12.18	-	-	-
Annaly_Capital_Management	43.55	44.80	45.33	44.22	-2.45%	-1.29%	1.54%
Capman Oyj	-	-	17.50	15.00	-14.2%
Rithm Capital	34.63	35.53	33.47	32.65	-2.45%	-8.11%	-5.72%
Saratoga Investment	-	-	19.81	19.21	-3.03%
Chimera Investment	31.35	18.01	18.87	22.30	18.18%	23.82%	-28.8%
Gladstone Investment_Corp	22.38	23.02	25.13	24.52	-2.43%	6.52%	9.56%
Gladstone Commercial_Corp	11.50	11.82	11.11	10.79	-2.88%	-8.71%	-6.17%
Gladstone Capital_Corp	17.24	24.74	23.24	20.61	-11.3%	-16.6%	19.55%
Total	1039.11	1273.55	1076.73	1443.65	34.08%	13.36%	38.93%

New purchase : Sanoma Oyj

Added 54 shares of Sanoma Oyj (HEL:SANOMA) at 9.25 per share. I now hold 174 shares of Sanoma Oyj

Dividend increase #23 of 2026 : Community Healthcare Trust Inc

Community Healthcare (NYSE:CHCT) declares $0.48/share quarterly dividend, this is a 0.5% increase from prior dividend of $0.48. Forward yield is at 11.15%. Dividend is payable on May 22nd for shareholders of record on May 11th.  Ex-dividend date is May 11th.