Here Are The Stocks That Rally Between Christmas And New Year'sInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ''DividendRank'' statistics including a strong 3.2% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria. Click here to find out the Top 25 Socially Responsible Dividend Stocks — Income To Feel Good About »The annualized dividend paid by International Business Machines Corp. is $5.60/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 11/08/2016. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for IBM, which the DividendRank report stressed as being of key importance. Indeed, studying a company's past dividend history can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue. IBM operates in the Information Technology Services sector, among companies like Accenture plc (ACN), and Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP).

Source: Forbes January 31, 2017 12:23 UTC