Domino's Pizza's board has raised the pizza chain's quarterly dividend by 15%, to $1.74 from $1.51. The new payout, equal to $6.96 a year, represents an annual yield of about 1.5% based on Friday's closing price of $462.37, up from 1.31%.

Domino’s Pizza is the latest restaurant chain to find more growth internationally than in its U.S. home base. The world’s largest pizza vendor said U.S. same-stores sales ticked up 0.4% in the most-recent quarter,