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Aramark ($ARMK) Raises Dividend By 14.3%

Aramark is a business that serves major institutions. The company supplies food to schools and hospitals, offers custodial services to large facilities, rents and maintains uniforms, and supplies vending machines to breakrooms.

This firm had a stagnant dividend for several years. But the payouts are starting to grow. Yesterday, Aramark announced its biggest dividend raise in years — a 14% increase.

Aramark will now pay a $0.12/share quarterly dividend.

• Ex-dividend date: 12/5/25

• Payout date: 12/17/25

• Forward starting dividend yield: 1.32%

Motorola Solutions, Inc. ($MSI) Raises Dividend By 11%

Here’s a stock Steve Eisman, portrayed by Steve Carell in The Big Short, likes.

Motorola Solutions, Inc. makes portable and vehicle-mounted radios, surveillance cameras, and bar code scanners. These devices are primarily used by the military, police, fire department, and oil and gas industry.

Also, if you routinely take a train or subway, there’s a good chance that Motorola Solutions provides the radio and communications equipment that the conductor and rail workers use on your train. For example, the Sao Paulo subway system relies on Motorola for its communications network.

Yesterday, Motorola Solutions announced an 11% dividend raise.

Motorola Solutions, Inc. will now pay a $1.21/share quarterly dividend.

• Ex-dividend date: 12/15/25

• Payout date: 1/15/26

• Forward starting dividend yield: 1.29%

Merck & Co., Inc. ($MRK) Raises Dividend By 4.9%

Livestock ear tags, cattle vaccines, flea-killer for dogs…

These are some of the products that Merck & Co., Inc.’s animal division produces.

On the human side, this company makes cancer treatments, antibiotics, and vaccines. Merck is something of a “two-for-one” company where investors are getting a healthcare stock that treats both people and animals.

The company has been in business for over 130 years. And yesterday, Merck announced a 4.9% dividend increase.

Merck & Co., Inc. will now pay an $0.85/share quarterly dividend.

• Ex-dividend date: 12/15/25

• Payout date: 1/8/26

• Forward starting dividend yield: 3.54%