The Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) will hike its quarterly dividend by 11.1% to 30 cents per share in 2026. This is the first dividend hike since 2022 by CAKE. The yield is 1.9% at $63.54.
CME Group (CME) will pay a special cash dividend of $5.80 per share to shareholders in 2024. Earlier this year the derivatives marketplace provider hiked its dividend by a small 4.5% bringing the dividend track record to 14 consecutive years of increases.