Two U.S. industrials with rising dividends

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These U.S. industrial firms continue to increase their earnings despite rising raw material and labour costs. That should also let them keep raising their dividends. However, right now, we prefer RTX for your new buying. RTX CORP. $86 is a buy. The company (New York symbol RTX; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $129.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.rtx.com) recently changed its name from Raytheon Technologies Corp. (it did not change the trading symbol). RTX, formed with the 2020 merger of Raytheon and United Technologies, is a leading maker of commercial aircraft equipment, electronic systems for military aircraft, and guided missiles. With the June 2023 payment, RTX raised your quarterly dividend by 7.3%, to $0.59 a share from $0.55. The new annual rate of $2.36 yields 2.7%. The company’s revenue in the second quarter of 2023 rose 12.3%, to $18.32 billion from $16.31 billion a year earlier. That’s mainly due to stronger sales to commercial aircraft makers…