Here a changes to the S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index as announced by S&P Global. The following companies will no longer be part of the Canadian Dividend Aristocrats due to dividend cuts: (CAE) CAE Inc (EFX) Enerflex Ltd (IPL) Inter Pipeline Ltd (MTY) MTY Food Group Inc (NFI) NFI Group Inc (RCH) Richelieu Hardware Ltd…
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA.AS) cuts the dividend due to the coronavirus and global oil demand collapsed. The company is lowering its quarterly dividend to $ 0.16 per share. Previously RD Shell paid $ 0.47 per share. It is the first time since World War II that Shell is reducing the dividend. Based on…
Dividend Aristocrat General Dynamics (GD) reported an EPS of $2.43 in Q1 2020 versus $2.56 the same quarter a year ago. General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company and saw a $549 million decline in revenue for the Aerospace segment. Since travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in delayed deliveries of…
Dividend aristocrat ADP (ADP) reported adjusted EPS growth of 8% to $1.92 in its fiscal Q3-2020. Total revenues of $4.04 billion beat the consensus mark by 0.2% and improved 6% year over year. ADP is trading up +1% on the earnings results and the current dividend yield is 2.55%. It will not be a surprise…
The International Business Machines (IBM) Board approved an increase of its quarterly cash dividend for the 25th consecutive year. IBM will raise its quarterly dividend from $1.62/share to $1.63/share (payable June 10, 2020, to stockholders of record as of May 8, 2020) IBM’s dividend yield is around 5% at the time of this writing. With…
In the months April and May many companies report their first-quarter earnings results. Allowing companies to adjust guidance for the calendar year and investor to analyze the first impact of the corona-virus. It will reveal how the early weeks of the coronavirus shutdowns impacted their revenues, earnings, and staff. Dividend Aristocrats earnings announcements Here is…
The Dividend Aristocrats list is a select group of companies in the S&P 500 Index that have increased dividends every year for the last 25 straight years. These US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole and a great source for dividend investors.…
The AEX is a European index comprised of the 25 largest and most traded companies on Euronext in the Netherlands. The AEX-index can be a source for investors that are looking for European blue-chip dividend stocks. See below all AEX-stocks with a dividend-paying policy in the list below. Please note that recently several stocks…
The corona pandemic has caused a wave of dividend cuts in Europe and the Netherlands in recent weeks. We have listed all the Dutch shares that have reduced their dividends in recent weeks and are also looking at the best Dutch dividend stocks which are a member of the AEX-index. Some elements discussed are dividend…
US equities struggled in the face of a global sell-off due to the corona-virus. The S&P 500 fell 12% in March to complete a 20% drop this quarter, the worst monthly and quarterly performance since 2008. The Dividend Aristocrats posted a -13.66% return in March 2020 and are down -23.29% year-to-date, which is an underperformance…