Dividend increase: Power Corp.

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POWER CORP. $30 (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 415.9 million; Market cap: $12.5 billion; Dividend yield: 5.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) holds a diversified group of businesses, including Great-West and IGM Financial. The company raised its quarterly dividend by 6.6% with the June 2018 payment. Investors now receive $0.3820 per share, which is up from $0.3585 in March. That makes for an annual rate of $1.53 and a high yield of 5.1%. Power Corp. will now convert its La Presse newsgroup into a not-for-profit organization and remove it from the holding company structure. As part of the transition, Power will provide a $50 million grant. Power Corp. is a buy. buy. …