Top Dividend Stocks of the Week: Pepsi

Updated from 6:45 a.m. EDT

Last week was a big week for dividends, as more than 20 companies increased their shareholder payouts and only one stock suspended its dividend. A dividend increase is a sign of a company's strength and management's confidence.

Stockpickr has reviewed the companies that recently raised their dividends and compiled a list of the Top Dividend-Increasers for the Week.

One of the biggest dividend increases last week courtesy of FactSet Research Systems FDS, a producer of financial and economic information and fundamental corporate financial data. The company raised its quarterly dividend by 50% to 18 cents a share. The stock has a price-to-earnings ratio of 26, a P/E-to-growth (PEG) ratio of 1.4 and pays a yield of 0.8%.

FactSet shares are owned by the T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, a four-star Morningstar-rated fund managed by John Laporte. The fund also holds shares of Roper Industries ROP, which has a yield of 0.5%, Oshkosh OSK, which yields 1%, and Global Payments GPN, which yields 0.2%.

Barrick Gold ABX was another stock that upped its dividend last week, raising its semiannual payout by 33% to 20 cents a share. Barrick, the largest gold mining company in the world and a miner of copper, silver and zinc, offers a P/E of 30, a PEG ratio of 2.4 and a yield of 0.7%.