UPS, PepsiCo, and these other companies picked up their gains this week

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Unified Personnel Service,

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts,

PepsiCo,

Cisco Systems,

and

CSX

they were among the companies this week that said they intended to reap their benefits.

United Parcel Service (ticker: UPS) said it will raise its quarterly distribution by a penny to $ 1.02 a share for a 1% increase. The stock has a one-year yield of about 60%, yielding a yield of 2.5%, imported shares.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) said it plans to double its quarterly share to 16 cents a share from 8 cents. Last year when the pandemic took hold, the company went down the divide from 32 cents in installments to 8 cents. The company, which caters for day-to-day travelers with brands such as Days Inn, licenses hotels around the globe. The stock, which has a one-year yield of around 4%, yields 0.5%.

PepsiCo (PEP) has announced it will increase its annual share by 5% starting in June. It plans to increase the payout to $ 4.30 a share from $ 4.09. That would equate to $ 1.075 per share per quarter. The stock, which yields 3%, has a one-year yield of around 2%.

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The freight railway company CSX (CSX) announced a quarterly payment of 28 cents a share, an increase of 2 cents, or nearly 8%. The stock is up 1.2%, and has a one-year yield of about 15%.

Western Union

(WU) said it will increase its quarterly share by a penny, or 4.4%, to 23.5 cents per share. The stock, which gives a yield of 3.8%, has returned about 13% over the past year.

Asset manager

T. Rowe Pricing Group

(TROW) announced a quarterly rate of $ 1.08 per share, up from 90 cents, for a 20% walk. The stock, which has returned about 21% over the past 12 months, is up 2.6%.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) expects to increase its quarterly share by a penny, or about 3%, to 37 cents a share. The stock has a one-year yield, yielding 3.1%, which is somewhat positive.

Interpublic Group of Companies

(IPG), which focuses on advertising and marketing, announced a quarterly share of 27 cents a share. That’s a 6% increase from the current 25.5 cents allowance. The stock has a one-year yield of about 11%, which gives 4.4%.

Kellogg

(K), whose brands include Special K corn, Pop-Tarts, and Pringles, said it plans to increase its share in the second quarter to 58 cents a share from the current 57 cents . The stock has a one-year yield of about 11%, and was recently yielding 4%.

Power NextEra

(NEE) announced a quarterly dividend of 38.5 cents, an increase of 10%. The stock has a one-year yield of about 11%, which gives a yield of 1.7%.

Write to Lawrence C. Strauss at [email protected]