Dividend Announcements: July 11-17, 2026

In this article series, I summarize dividend announcements of the past week. This week, 15 stocks in my database announced dividend increases, and one declared a special dividend. CMI stands out with an Excellent quality score and a 10% dividend hike but trades at a 19% premium to fair value. PPG and JBSS are undervalued by about 5% and offer robust dividend safety profiles, with PPG boasting a 54-year increase streak and JBSS increasing both regular and special dividends.

Seeking Alpha • 19 hours ago

CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week's Release

CenterPoint (CNP) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Zacks Investment Research • Jul 21, 2026

4 Stocks That Recently Hiked Dividends Amid Geopolitical Tensions

SJM, PPG, SPFI and CNP recently raised dividends, offering income potential as geopolitical tensions fuel market volatility.

Zacks Investment Research • Jul 21, 2026

Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of July 19

A weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers. Companies that changed their dividends. Companies with upcoming ex-dividend dates.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 18, 2026

CenterPoint Energy Declares Regular Common Stock Dividend of $0.2400

HOUSTON, July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) Board of Directors yesterday declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2400 per share on the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock payable on September 10, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 20, 2026. This represents a $0.0100 increase over the April 2026 declared dividend per share and in line with CenterPoint's targeted annual dividend per share growth rate of 6%.

PRNewsWire • Jul 16, 2026

2 Retirement Income Powerhouses For Inflationary Times

Persistent, structurally elevated inflation necessitates repositioning portfolios toward higher-yielding, inflation-resilient income products. The risk is that on a real portfolio income growth basis, the necessary wealth accumulation (or preservation) won't simply be there. Yet we have to be cognizant of not falling into the other extreme of elevated NAV destruction or dividend cut risks.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 11, 2026

US power companies scramble to secure equipment as surging data center demand strains supplies

Skyrocketing demand from artificial intelligence data centers is exacerbating shortages of critical grid equipment like transformers across the U.S., driving up costs, stretching out wait times and spurring utilities ​and developers to lock in orders far in advance.

Reuters • Jul 9, 2026

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. to Host Webcast of Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call on July 28, 2026

Houston, TX, July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) announces the following webcast - - Date:  July 7, 2026 Time: 5:00 PM ET Listen via Internet:  http://investors.centerpointenergy.com/ Click the link "CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call Webcast" Schedule this webcast into MS-Outlook calendar (click open when prompted): http://apps.shareholder.com/PNWOutlook/t.aspx?m=71418&k=8861E677

GlobeNewsWire • Jul 7, 2026

Costco, Exxon, and 17 More Winners if the Market Drops

These stocks can hold their ground, or even gain, when the market falls. And a garden variety correction—a 10% drop or more—is quite possible.

Barrons • Jun 24, 2026

CNP vs. ES: Which Utility Stock Offers Better Return Potential?

CenterPoint Energy and Eversource Energy both benefit from rising power demand and grid investments, but debt, ROE, dividends and price gains set up a sharper utility stock comparison.

Zacks Investment Research • Jun 23, 2026