On 20 February, Coca-Cola (KO) increased its dividend by 5.15%, from 48.5¢ to 51¢ per share.
The dividend is payable on 1 April to shareholders of record on 14 March.
KO’s contribution to DivGro’s projected annual dividend income will increase by $30 to $612.
I own 300 KO shares at an average cost of $48.07 per share. Following this increase, my yield on cost is 4.24%. (RLI’s forward yield is 2.86% at $71.35 per share.)
Since opening my position in March 2014, the stock has generated a total return of 69%, including $2,937.15 in dividend income. That’s a solid annualized rate of return of 8.4%.
5-Year History of Dividend Payouts by Ex-Date
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | • | 2025 |
| $1.64 | $1.68 | $1.76 | $1.84 | $1.94 | ⬆ | $2.04✝ |
| 2.50% | 2.44% | 4.76% | 4.55% | 5.43% | ⬇ | 5.15% |
| 5-year DGR: | 3.93% | ⬆ | 4.46% | |||
✝projected, assuming no further changes
