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We’ve got some exciting dividend news to cap off the year.
A regional supermarket chain is paying its latest dividend, a high-yield real asset fund is declaring its next distribution, and an AI penny stock is issuing a “dividend of warrants” to meme coin holders.
Let’s get down to business.
Ingles Markets, Incorporated ($IMKTA) Declares $0.165 Dividend
Ingles Markets, Incorporated owns and operates a chain of supermarkets in the southeast United States. While its core grocery business is not particularly unique, the company does stand out in one important way.
Unlike most grocery retailers that lease their stores, Ingles owns most of the land beneath its locations.
The company holds 163 properties across North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, giving it both hard real-estate assets and a cash-flowing retail business.
Ingles pays a dividend but hasn’t grown its distributions for over 30 years.
This week, Ingles Markets, Incorporated announced that it will pay a $0.165/share dividend, in-line with all the previous payouts since 1994.
Ex-dividend date: 1/8/26
Payout date: 1/15/26
Forward starting dividend yield: 0.94%
Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund Inc. ($RA) Declares $0.118 Dividend
Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund Inc. is a closed-end fund that pays monthly dividends. The fund primarily invests in real estate, utility, and natural resource stocks.
These investments generate cash flow from rents, utility payments, and commodity sales, which are paid to the fund as dividends and then distributed to shareholders. One word of caution: many closed-end funds use debt to purchase assets, making them riskier than investing in an ETF or hand-selecting a few quality stocks.
Recently, the fund announced its latest monthly distribution, a $0.118/share monthly dividend that is in-line with the previous payment.
Ex-dividend date: 1/8/26
Payout date: 1/22/26
Forward starting dividend yield: 10.93%
Datavault AI Inc. ($DVLT) Proposes "Dividend Of Warrants"
A penny stock that has repeatedly changed its name and shifted its focus to keep up with current trends? That’s fairly common on the NASDAQ.
Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. became Quantum Computing Inc.
And Summit Semiconductor, LLC changed its name three times before settling on its current form: Datavault AI Inc.
This company “owns and operates data management platforms,” and Datavault AI plans to issue a special dividend in the form of warrants to shareholders. One warrant per 60 shares, exercisable at ~$5.00.
One notable aspect of this special payout is that the warrants are exercisable only by shareholders who hold at least one Dream Bowl Meme Coin II token in a digital wallet.
The date of this distribution has yet to be announced.
Ex-dividend date: TBA
Payout date: TBA
Colorado’s Most-Awarded Brewery Did Something Totally Unique
Some companies make lofty promises to investors and never deliver. Others use those dollars to unlock new levels of scale.
That’s Westbound & Down’s story. Already Colorado’s most-awarded craft brewery, they opened their doors to investors for the first time to help open a flagship Denver-metro-area location.
With 2,800% distribution growth since 2019 and a retail partnership with Whole Foods, it’s no shock investors maxed out that campaign in less than 60 days.
But it’s what comes next that’s even more exciting. Fresh off Brewery of the Year honors at the 2025 Great American Beer Festival, W&D is scaling toward 4X distribution growth by 2028.
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Disclaimer: This article is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice, always do your own research.
