These 3 Stocks Just Raised Their Dividends

These 3 Stocks Just Raised Their Dividends

Did last week end with some kind of early Black Friday for dividend-paying stocks?

It certainly seems that way, as a score of companies declared fresh dividend raises in advance of that famous shopping holiday. Among these were Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP), a Dividend Aristocrat that has raised their payouts at least once every year for a minimum of 25 years running, and Universal (NYSE: UVV), which would qualify as a Dividend Aristocrat if it were a member of the S&P 500.  

Here's a look at their raises, and that of Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE: SIX), another of last week's lifters.

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Source: Fool.com