Dividend increase: Imperial Oil

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IMPERIAL OIL LTD. $42 (Toronto symbol IMO; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 824.0 million; Market cap: $34.6 billion; Dividend yield: 1.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.imperialoil.ca) is Canada’s second-largest publicly traded oil company, after Suncor. ExxonMobil (New York symbol OM) owns 69.6% of Imperial. Starting with the July 2018 payment, Imperial will increase its quarterly dividend by 18.8%, to $0.19 a share from $0.16. The new annual rate of $0.76 yields 1.8%. In the quarter ended March 31, 2018, the company produced an average 370,000 barrels a day. That’s down 2.1% from 378,000 a year earlier. The decline is mainly due to small problems at the Cold Lake property. Still, thanks to higher oil prices, revenue rose 10.9%, to $7.9 billion from $7.2 billion. Cash flow per share jumped 43.7%, to $1.28 from $0.87. Imperial Oil is a buy. For more information on Imperial Oil, click here. here…