Here are the payouts, listed from highest to lowest.
1. Shareholders of Indianapolis-based Anthem will obtain a dividend of $0.65 per share for the first quarter of 2017. The dividend is payable on March 24.
Share price as of Feb. 24: $163.83
2. Stockholders of Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna will receive a quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share of the payer’s common stock payable on April 28. The payout is double the dividend from the previous quarter.
Share price as of Feb. 24: $128.97
3. Louisville, Ky.-based Humana will pay a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share to stockholders, a 38 percent increase from the previous quarter’s dividend of $0.29 per share. The payout is scheduled for April 28.
Share price as of Feb. 24: $207.28
4. Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group will issue a quarterly cash dividend of $0.625 per share on March 21 to all shareholders of UnitedHealth Group common stock.
Share price as of Feb. 24: $163.06
5. Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share of Cigna common stock to be paid to shareholders on April 10.
Share price as of Feb. 24: $147.04
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