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Dividend hike alerts

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Companies that raise dividends are signaling something real about future cash flow. For income investors, every hike matters — and missing one means missing the moment your yield-on-cost just went up.

Why dividend hikes are signal, not noise

Dividend increases are one of the most explicit ways management communicates confidence in future earnings. Cutting a dividend is catastrophic for a stock price; raising one is a commitment. That's why dividend hike streaks (the "aristocrats") get such attention.

For an income portfolio, hikes compound. A 6% raise means your yield-on-cost just rose 6% — every year, for as long as you hold.

How Tickerbot does it

Tickerbot tracks dividend payment history on every dividend-paying stock and fires when the most recent declared dividend is higher than the prior payment. You can filter by minimum hike percentage, minimum yield, and stock universe.

Portfolio-wide tracker

Notify me when any stock in my portfolio raises its dividend

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JNJ raised dividend 6.2%. New annual: $4.84. Current yield: 3.4%.

Stacking with hike size or aristocrat status

Big-hike filter

Any S&P 500 stock raising its dividend by 10% or more

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2 stocks today: ABBV +12%, PEP +11%.

Variants worth setting up

"Dividend cuts on any of my holdings" (the risk inverse)
"Special dividends declared on any large-cap stock"
"Dividend hike larger than the 5-year average for that company"
"New dividend initiations from companies that didn't previously pay one"

Set up your first dividend hike alert

Tickerbot watches the corporate actions. You collect the raises.