StreetInsider.com - Wal-Mart (WMT) Boosts Annual Dividend 21% to $1.46; Yields 2.8%

StreetInsider.com - Wal-Mart (WMT) Boosts Annual Dividend 21% to $1.46; Yields 2.8%

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has declared a 21% increase to their annual dividend, boosting the rate from $1.21 to $1.46.

Yield on the dividend is 2.8%.

The dividend will be paid on the following dates:

• April 4, 2011, with March 11, 2011 record date;
  
  
• June 6, 2011, with May 13, 2011, record date;
  
  
• September 6, 2011, with August 12, 2011 record; and
  
  
• January 3, 2012, with December 9, 2011, record