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title: "Aaron's, Inc. Directors Raise Dividend By 14.3%"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/4c83f2e5-d484-4678-909b-717420981330
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20191106_aarons_inc_directors_raise_dividend_by_143.html
category: "Specialty retail"
industry: "Retail"
segment: "Specialty retail"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2019-11-06T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:10:45.457Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1611974789855-9c2a0a7236a3?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Aaron's, Inc. Directors Raise Dividend By 14.3%

**TL;DR:** Aaron's, Inc. directors raised the quarterly cash dividend by 14.3%, marking the seventeenth consecutive year of dividend increases. The new dividend of $0.04 per share will be payable January 6, 2020 to shareholders of record as of December 19, 2019.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2019-11-06. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20191106_aarons_inc_directors_raise_dividend_by_143.html).*

## Story

ATLANTA, Nov. 5, 2019 // PRNewswire // - Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE: AAN), a leading omnichannel provider of lease-purchase solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has raised its quarterly cash dividend to $0.04 per share and declared the first such dividend payable January 6, 2020 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 19, 2019. This is an increase of 14.3% from the previous quarterly cash dividend of $0.035 per share and the seventeenth consecutive year the Company has increased its dividend.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE: AAN), is a leading omnichannel provider of lease-purchase solutions. Progressive Leasing, a virtual lease-to-own company, provides lease-purchase solutions through more than 20,000 retail locations in 46 states.

In addition, the Aaron's Business engages in the sales and lease ownership and specialty retailing of furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories through its approximately 1,500 Company-operated and franchised stores in 47 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico, as well as its e-commerce platform, Aarons.com. Dent-A-Med, Inc.

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## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Retail (sector)
- Atlanta (location)
- retail expansion (topic)
- Aaron's (company)
- dividend increase (topic)
- lease-purchase solutions (topic)
- omnichannel provider (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20191106_aarons_inc_directors_raise_dividend_by_143.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/4c83f2e5-d484-4678-909b-717420981330).