{"id":1068,"date":"2025-02-03T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/02\/03\/amgn-named-a-top-socially-responsible-dividend-stock\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T08:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:17:00","slug":"amgn-named-a-top-socially-responsible-dividend-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/02\/03\/amgn-named-a-top-socially-responsible-dividend-stock\/","title":{"rendered":"AMGN Named A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout__region nsdq-l-grid__item syndicated-article-body\">\n<section class=\"jupiter22-c-article-body\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"body__content\">                                                                                                                                                                          Amgen Inc (Symbol: AMGN) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average <i>&#8221;DividendRank&#8221;<\/i> statistics including a strong 3.3% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria.  Environmental criteria include considerations like the environmental impact of the company&#8217;s products and services, as well as the company&#8217;s efficiency in terms of its use of energy and resources.  Social criteria include elements such as human rights, child labor, corporate diversity, and the company&#8217;s impact on society \u2014 for instance, taken into consideration would be business activities tied to weapons, gambling, tobacco, and alcohol.  <\/p>\n<p>According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, Amgen Inc is a member of both the iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF (SUSA), making up 0.34% of the underlying holdings of the fund, as well as the iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social Index Fund ETF (DSI), where AMGN makes up 0.54% of the underlying holdings of the fund.   <\/p>\n<p>The annualized dividend paid by Amgen Inc is $9.52\/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 02\/14\/2025.  Below is a long-term dividend history chart for AMGN, which the DividendRank report stressed as being of key importance.  Indeed, studying a company&#8217;s past dividend history can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-eC0\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-1\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-eC0')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-eC0');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.tickertech.com\/pics\/2025\/394229444A1.gif\" alt=\"AMGN+Dividend+History+Chart\" border=\"0\">\t <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>AMGN operates in the Biotechnology sector, among companies like Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (TMO), and Danaher Corp (DHR). \t<\/p>\n<div class=\"taboola-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                 <script type=\"text\/javascript\">                     !function (e, f, u) {                     e.async = 1; 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