Umpqua Holdings Corp. , the Portland-based parent of Umpqua Bank, said Thursday it will raise its quarterly dividend by 12.5% to 18 cents a share from 16 cents a share. The new dividend will be payable Oct. 16 to shareholders of record on Sept. 30. Based on Wednesday’s stock closing price of $18.23, the new annual dividend rate of 72 cents a share implies a dividend yield of 3.95%, compared with the implied dividend yield on the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF of 1.47% and on the S&P 500 of 1.98%. Umpqua’s stock, which was still inactive in premarket trade, has lost 2.4% over the past three months, while the regional bank ETF has shed 5.1% and the S&P 500 has gained 2.5%.
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