Dividend increase: T. Rowe Price

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T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC. $122 (Nasdaq symbol TROW; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 242.1 million; Market cap: $29.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.troweprice.com) sells mutual funds and wealth management services. With the March 2018 payment, the company raised its quarterly dividend by 22.8%, to $0.70 a share from $0.57. The new annual rate of $2.80 yields 2.3%. T. Rowe Price has now increased its dividend each year for the past 32 years. The company ended the first quarter with $1.01 trillion in assets under management, up 17.7% from a year earlier. As a result, revenue in the quarter rose 17.3%, to $1.3 billion from $1.1 billion. T. Rowe earned $445.6 million, up 49.9% from $297.2 million. Earnings per share rose by 47.5%, to $1.74 from $1.18, on more shares outstanding. T. Rowe Price is a buy. For more information on T. Rowe Price, click here. here…