14 U.S. Stock Declaring Increases In Quarterly Dividends - Axis Capital Holdings (NYSE:AXS)

Today we have chosen 14 U.S. dividend-paying stocks that have increased their quarterly dividend by more than 5% year-over-year during their latest reported quarter and have a strong payout ratio. These stocks offer attractive dividend yields and have high return on equity (ROE). Moreover, these stocks have registered strong growth in earnings during their latest reported quarter. We note that during the past three months, majority of these stocks have accumulated gains with average daily traded volume in excess of 100,000 shares.

Company Name	Exchange	Ticker	Market Cap (Bn)	Last Price	Average Volume (3-Month)	Price Change (3-Month)	EPS Growth* (Y-o-Y)	DPS*	DPS Growth* (Y-o-Y)	Payout Ratio*	Dividend Yield*	Return on Equity*
DineEquity Inc	NYSE	DIN	1.7	84.40	124,667	6.3%	13.6%	0.75	100.0%	74.7%	3.8%	24.3%
American Railcar Industries Inc	NASDAQ	ARII	1.7	80.76	214,247	32.3%	36.0%	0.40	73.3%	26.5%	2.1%	22.6%
Gentex Corp/MI	NASDAQ	GNTX	4.3	29.23	769,213	1.2%	47.2%	0.16	7.4%	30.3%	2.0%	20.4%
International Game Technology	NYSE	IGT	4.1	16.76	8,281,970	36.5%	16.0%	0.11	43.3%	37.7%	2.7%	19.6%
Cinemark Holdings Inc	NYSE	CNK	4.2	35.93	660,469	19.5%	244.4%	0.25	19.0%	40.3%	2.8%	18.4%
GameStop Corp	NYSE	GME	4.7	40.88	2,619,809	12.2%	28.3%	0.33	15.2%	57.1%	2.9%	16.1%
Innophos Holdings Inc	NASDAQ	IPHS	1.3	59.35	120,140	10.8%	77.4%	0.40	20.0%	42.6%	2.7%	12.9%
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd	NYSE	AXS	4.9	46.70	612,101	2.9%	187.3%	0.27	7.1%	14.9%	2.4%	12.4%
Silicon Motion Technology Corp	NASDAQ	SIMO	0.9	26.88	510,018	68.2%	78.3%	0.15	31.7%	36.3%	2.9%	12.2%
Boston Private Financial Holdings	NASDAQ	BPFH	1.0	12.39	410,604	1.5%	200.0%	0.08	72.2%	33.8%	2.2%	11.8%
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	NASDAQ	PFLT	0.2	13.93	106,785	1.5%	120.0%	0.27	5.4%	55.6%	7.7%	11.5%
Glacier Bancorp Inc	NASDAQ	GBCI	2.0	26.87	220,697	4.8%	22.6%	0.17	14.3%	44.2%	2.3%	11.1%
Post Properties Inc	NYSE	PPS	3.0	55.55	337,819	8.8%	79.2%	0.40	31.5%	46.3%	2.7%	10.8%
Hanover Insurance Group Inc	NYSE	THG	2.8	63.05	190,722	5.9%	54.5%	0.37	11.6%	19.8%	2.3%	10.2%

Source: Bloomberg; DPS: Dividend per Share
*Latest Reported Quarter
Market cap & Last price are in their respective currencies

Company Description:

DineEquity Inc DIN
DineEquity, Inc. and its subsidiaries develop, operate, and franchise family restaurants. The company's restaurants feature pancakes, omelets, and other breakfast specialties, as well as lunch and dinner items. The restaurants are primarily operated by franchisees in the United States, Canada, and Japan.

American Railcar Industries Inc ARII
American Railcar Industries, Inc. manufactures railroad rolling stock. The company produces and repairs covered hopper and tank railcars, and offers fleet management services. American Railcar markets its products to companies that lease the cars to third parties, shippers, and railroads.

Gentex Corp/MI GNTX
Gentex Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets products that use electro-optic technology. The company's product lines include automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and fire protection products. Gentex's Night Vision Safety Mirror automatically darkens to the degree required to eliminate rearview headlight glare. The company sells its products around the world.

International Game Technology IGT
International Game Technology designs and manufactures computerized casino gaming systems. The company also develops and manufactures systems that monitor slot machine play and track player activity, as well as wide area progressive systems. International Game sells its products around the world.

Cinemark Holdings Inc CNK
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. operates movie theaters. The company operates in the United States and Latin America.

GameStop Corp GME
GameStop Corporation operates specialty electronic game and PC entertainment software stores throughout the United States, Australia, Canada and Europe. The company stores sell new and used video game hardware, video game software and accessories, as well as PC entertainment software, and related accessories and other merchandise.

Innophos Holdings Inc IPHS
Innophos Holdings, Inc., through a subsidiary, produces phosphate salts, acids, and related products. Specialized phosphate salts are used in foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, oral care products, and other products; purified phosphoric acid is used in water and metal treatment applications; and technical sodium tripolyphosphate is used in detergents. The company also produces fertilizers.

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd AXS
Axis Capital Holdings Limited provides specialty lines and treaty reinsurance on a global basis. Specialty lines primarily includes onshore and offshore energy, aviation and aerospace, commercial property and marine. Treaty reinsurance covers catastrophe risks such as property, Workers' Compensation, professional liability, casualty, and marine and aviation.

Silicon Motion Technology Corp SIMO
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation is a semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets semiconductor products for the multimedia consumer electronics market. The company's products include controllers used in mobile storage media and multimedia systems on a chip.

Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc BPFH
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. is a financial holding company. The company's subsidiaries offer a variety of banking, commercial, and residential lending services, as well as trust and investment management services to its domestic and international clients.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd is an externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The company's investment objective is to seek current income and will invest primarily in Floating Rate Loans and other instruments made to private middle-market companies whose debt is rated below investment grade.

Glacier Bancorp Inc GBCI
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. is a multi-bank holding company. The Banks attract deposits from the general public and use those funds to originate a variety of commercial and consumer loans.

Post Properties Inc PPS
Post Properties, Inc. develops and operates upscale multi-family apartment communities in the Southeastern and Southwestern United States. The company operates as a self-administered and self-managed Real Estate Investment Trust whose primary business consists of developing and managing Post brand name apartment communities for its own account.

Hanover Insurance Group Inc THG
Hanover Insurance Group Inc operates as a holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, offers property and casualty insurance products including personal lines, commercial lines and other property casualty through independent agents.

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