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Immersion Corporation ($IMMR) Raises Dividend By 66.7%

Are you familiar with Immersion Corporation?

Probably not. This is a niche, small cap stock that never seems to get much mainstream attention. However, Immersion Corporation has been in business for over 30 years. And, over 3 billion devices use the firm’s technology.

Immersion Corporation develops “haptic technology,” a fancy term for “touch feedback.”

If you’ve ever played a video game where the controller rumbled when you shot a gun or drove a car, you were probably experiencing Immersion Corporation’s haptic tech.

Immersion paid its first dividend in 2023, and has distributed $0.78 per share since then, including one-time special dividend earlier this year. Yesterday, the company announced its latest dividend raise — an enormous 66.7% increase to its regular dividend.

Immersion Corporation will now pay a $0.075/share quarterly dividend.

• Ex-dividend date: 1/19/26

• Payout date: 1/30/26

• Forward starting dividend yield: 4.4%

Graco Inc. ($GGG) Raises Dividend By 7.3%

Graco Inc. is a $13 billion industrial conglomerate that produces paint sprayers, sealant applicators, and industrial pumps.

The firm’s products are sold all around the world and used by everyone from do-it-yourself homeowners to major automakers.

Founded in 1926 and based in Minnesota, Graco has raised its dividend every year since 1990. The company has an inflation-beating 5-year compound annual dividend growth rate of 9.46%. And yesterday, Graco announced a 7.3% dividend increase.

Graco Inc. will now pay a $0.295/share quarterly dividend.

• Ex-dividend date: 1/19/26

• Payout date: 2/4/26

• Forward starting dividend yield: 1.41%

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. ($EPRT) Raises Dividend By 3.3%

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. owns 2,266 properties across 48 states.

99.8% of the properties are leased, with an average lease term of 15 years. The firm’s real estate portfolio spans a wide range of industries, including: car washes, restaurants, heavy-equipment dealerships, gas stations, and supermarkets.

The company began paying dividends in 2018, and Essential Properties has raised its dividend every year since.

Yesterday, the firm announced its latest increase, a 3.3% dividend raise.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. will now pay a $0.31/share quarterly dividend.

• Ex-dividend date: 12/31/25

• Payout date: 1/14/26

• Forward starting dividend yield: 4.05%