Franklin Resources raises dividend for 36th consecutive year
Franklin Resources will hike its quarterly dividend to $0.20 per share next year, marking 36 consecutive years of dividend increases for the investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments.
The increased dividend will be payable on January 13, 2017 to stockholders of record holding shares of common stock at the close of business on December 30, 2016. The Company has raised its dividend every year since 1981.Based on a stock price of $39.46 the new $0.80 per share annual dividend translates into an estimated yield of 2% for Dividend Aristocrat Franklin Resources.
