On 6 February, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) increased its dividend by 6.67%, from 45¢ to 48¢ per share.
The dividend is payable on 31 March to shareholders of record on 17 March.
ICE’s contribution to DivGro’s projected annual dividend income will increase by $12 to $192.
I own 100 ICE shares at an average cost of $93.61 per share. Following this increase, my yield on cost is 2.05%. (ICE’s forward yield is 1.15% at $166.60 per share.)
Since opening my position in August 2019, the stock has generated a total return of 86%, including $765.76 in dividend income. That’s a strong annualized rate of return of 12.8%.
5-Year History of Dividend Payouts by Ex-Date
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | • | 2025 |
| $1.20 | $1.32 | $1.52 | $1.68 | $1.80 | ⬆ | $1.92✝ |
| 9.09% | 10.00% | 15.15% | 10.53% | 7.14% | ⬇ | 6.67% |
| 5-year DGR: | 10.35% | ⬇ | 9.86% | |||
✝projected, assuming no further changes
