Latest Dividend Growth Alert: Hershey and Motorola Solutions

Seventeen companies announced yesterday to raise its dividends. The biggest company below the latest dividend growth stocks is the chocolate manufacturer Hershey. HSY announced to boost dividends by 15.48 percent. The current yield amounts to 2.07 percent. Additional large capitalized stocks are Motorola Solutions with a 19.23 percent hike, Hartford Financial Services (50 percent hike), Stanley Black & Decker (2.4 percent dividend hike) as well as the gas utility ONEOK. OKE announced a 5.56 percent higher dividend.

The highest yielding stock is the independent oil & gas company Atlas Resource Partners with 9.34 percent dividend yield. 

These are the latest dividend growth stocks:

Company	Dividend Yield in %	Dividend Growth	Payment Period	Ex-Dividend Date	Dividend Payment Date
Atlas Energy	3.37	41.94%	Quarterly	8/2/2013	8/19/2013
Atlas Resource Ptrs	9.89	5.88%	Quarterly	8/2/2013	8/14/2013
Cheesecake Factory	1.37	16.67%	Quarterly	8/5/2013	8/20/2013
Community Trust Bancorp	3.10	1.59%	Quarterly	9/11/2013	10/1/2013
Eastern Co	2.70	10.00%	Quarterly	8/19/2013	9/16/2013
Hartford Fincl Svcs	1.91	50.00%	Quarterly	8/29/2013	10/1/2013
Hershey	2.07	15.48%	Quarterly	8/21/2013	9/13/2013
Interface Inc.	0.63	20.00%	Quarterly	8/7/2013	8/23/2013
MarkWest	4.97	1.20%	Quarterly	8/2/2013	8/14/2013
Motorola Solutions	2.29	19.23%	Quarterly	9/11/2013	10/15/2013
Oneok Inc	2.83	5.56%	Quarterly	8/1/2013	8/15/2013
PulteGroup	1.21	25.00%	Quarterly	8/1/2013	8/12/2013
Sotherly Hotels Inc.	3.58	14.29%	Quarterly	9/11/2013	10/11/2013
Spectra Engy Ptnr	4.49	1.50%	Quarterly	8/1/2013	8/14/2013
Stanley Black&Decker	2.42	2.04%	Quarterly	9/4/2013	9/17/2013
TAL Intl Grp	6.61	3.03%	Quarterly	8/29/2013	9/24/2013
TC PipeLines LP	6.45	3.85%	Quarterly	8/1/2013	8/14/2013