British High street retailer WH Smith today confirmed their final dividend for 2012.
The dividend represents an almost 20% increase on the 2011 dividend and is the latest in a consistently increasing dividend payout by the chain.
Analysts estimates for the 2013 and 2014 dividend also show further increases.
The final 2012 WH Smith dividend goes ex in early January and is paid at the end of that month.
WH Smith peaked at a yield of 8.1% in OptimizerMax back in late December 2011, meaning the savvy investor would collect 2 finals and 1 interim dividend if this share was held for just over a year.
