Our first earnings season of calendar 2024 is all but over, and like any earnings season, it's left some dividend raises in its wake. Companies like to declare dividends concurrently or near the announcement of their quarterly results, and this just-past period saw quite a few famous issuers crank their payouts higher. In the retail sphere, sector titans Walmart (WMT 0.26%) and Home Depot (HD 1.01%) both pulled the lever on dividend raises recently. Here's a rundown of the two hikes. 1. Walmart Walmart is o ...