The world’s largest healthcare company and dividend aristocrat Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) beat earnings expectations but missed on revenue as revenue increases 1.8% year-on-year while adjusted earnings-per-share fell 4.6%. JNJ reported revenue of $20.75 billion, which was just $80 million below the average Wall Street estimate. The adjusted earnings of $1.88 per share surpassed expectations…
Dividend aristocrat Abbott Laboratories (ABT) reports 7.1% revenue growth and 17% growth in adjusted earnings-per-share; announces better-than-expected guidance for Q1. ABBOTT Posts strong 2019 results ABT stock rose Wednesday after the medical technology company beat fourth-quarter revenue expectations and issued strong 2020 sales guidance. The stock ended up +2.13 (+2.37%), trading at $91.86. The Q4-figure…
Dividend Aristocrat PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) lost $-2.52 (-1.94%) and closed at $127.41 yesterday after missing Q4 earnings expectations and warning of uncertain conditions for 2020. Below the PPG-Industries price chart for the last month and last year. PPG reported fourth-quarter net sales of nearly $3.7 billion, approximately 1% higher than the prior-year and up…
The European Dividend Aristocrats index total return was up 2.18% for December 2019. The European Dividend Aristocrats and its reference index (S&P Europe 35) are almost on par, based on the full-year total return of 27.38%, versus 27.24% for the benchmark. The chart below displays the historical performance of the European Dividend Aristocrats since 2010.…
S&P Europe 350® Dividend Aristocrats® measure the performance of S&P Europe 350 constituents that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 10 consecutive years. The index benchmark is the S&P Europe 350 index Like the (US) Dividend Aristocrats “big brother”, the European Dividend Aristocrats also tend to outperform its…
Dividend Aristocrat Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has reported Q1 adjusted EPS which is down 6% at 1.37 dollar, four cents short of the consensus, while its adjusted operating profit was down 15.6% at 1.5billion dollars. The drugstore chain posted sales growth of 1.6% to 34.3billion dollars (+2.3% at constant exchange rates), including 1.6% growth in…
The international dividend portfolio continues to reach new all-time-highs in euros and in US-dollars by end of December. The total portfolio value in USD is 547,000 and 488,000 in euro. Performance Update Our International Dividend Portfolio gained 2.5% in US$ and 0.61% in € in December, compared to 1.94% for the Dividend Aristocrats Index. Since…
About Our Dividend Score (SDS) system is designed to help dividend investors, to identify strong companies with a sustainable dividend and avoid companies that could be riskier to invest in. The Dividend Score System takes into account several fundamental and price-performance metrics that affect a company’s ability to continue paying dividends and its overall return.…
The Dividend Aristocrats are companies of the S&P 500 that have paid steadily increasing dividends for at least 25 years have outperformed the broader market over time. The FY 2019 performance is 27.97% for the Dividend Aristocrats, versus 31.49% for the S&P 500 index. Higher total returns with lower volatility Higher total returns with…
The Dividend Aristocrats are companies of the S&P 500 that have paid steadily increasing dividends for at least 25 years have outperformed the broader market over time, like in 2018. This article lists the current Dividend Aristocrat constituents and their recent returns By showing the recent performance of the Dividend Aristocrats, some active dividend growth…