Axis Capital Holdings Limited Raises Dividend Five Percent

Axis Capital Holdings Limited (AXS), a multi-line insurance and reinsurance company, raised its quarterly dividend to $0.21 per share from $0.20 per share, a five percent increase. The new dividend is payable January 15, 2010 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2009.

AXS has increased its quarterly divided 200 percent since January 2004.

Its current dividend yield is 2.70 percent.

To get more performance information about AXS, use the buyupside.com Stock Return Calculator.

Use the buyupside.com Dividend Growth Rate Calculator to see how fast dividends are growing for AXS and more of your favorite stocks. Use the buyupside.com Dividend Accumulation Calculator to see how rapidly dividends add up.

See Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - Nine Sectors and Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - All Stocks (A-Z) for price and dividend information about many more stocks with long records of rising dividends.

I (RAH) do not own AXS.

Related Articles:

All Weather Stocks Have Long-term Price Upsides and Rising Dividends
Dividend Achievers Pay Increasing Dividends
Dividend Aristocrats Pay Increasing Dividends
Daily Dividend-Paying Portfolio Updates On buyupside.com
Recent Dividend Articles on buyupside.com
U.S. Dividend Champions Offer Multiyear Dividend Increases

Dividend Calculators and Chart Maker:

Dividend Accumulation Calculator to see how rapidly dividends add up.
Dividend Growth Rate Calculator to see how fast dividends are growing for your favorite stocks.
Dividend Reinvestment Calculator to see how much returns increase with dividend reinvestment.
Dividend Chart Maker to display a bar chart of quarterly dividends for your favorite stocks.

Posted December 14, 2009.