Goldman strategist Peter Oppenheimer says market rally has been too rapid. He warned that the rally in equities has probably gone “too far too fast”, as economies and corporate earnings will struggle due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus. “We would argue this rally is probably too far, too fast and there are still…
US healthcare company and dividend aristocrat Abbott Laboratories (ABT) announced its quarterly earnings of $0.65 per share, beating the estimated $0.58 per share. Net sales rose 2.5% to $7.73 billion, above the average estimate of $7.34 billion. Abbott Laboratories has suspended its 2020 guidance but maintained its quarterly dividend as the corona pandemic has an…
Dividend Aristocrat and US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) today announced results for the first-quarter 2020 with 9.5% adjusted EPS growth and a 6.1% dividend increase. Dividend Increase For the dividend aristocrats followers and dividend growth investors some good news in the current days with a lot of dividend cuts due to the coronavirus.…
The past week we added new data to our fundamental data-set and stock screeners. Dividend Coverage Ratio (DCR) The Dividend Coverage Ratios allow you to evaluate the safety of a company’s dividend. The dividend coverage ratio is calculated by dividing a company’s annual Earnings per Share (EPS) by its annual Dividend per Share (DPS) or…
Dividend stocks “safety” can also be measured based on above-average market capitalizations and liquidity, balance-sheet strength (per their Altman Z-score). The Altman Z Score Formula in short: Altman Z score of greater than 2.99 means that the entity being measured is safe from bankruptcy (“Safe-Zone”). A score below 1.81 means that a business is…
Dividend stocks “safety” can also be measured based on above-average market capitalizations and liquidity, balance-sheet strength (per their Altman Z-score). The Altman Z Score Formula in short: Altman Z score of greater than 2.99 means that the entity being measured is safe from bankruptcy (“Safe-Zone”). A score below 1.81 means that a business is…
In this series of articles, we start the search for the top ten safest dividend stock using different angles and selection processes. Long-term dividend growth investors, need to pay less attention to the short-term movements of the market and focus on the quality and business models of the companies in their portfolio. However, these days…
Dividend aristocrat McDonald’s (MCD) has posted a sharp fall in worldwide sales at its fast-food restaurants in March, due to the coronavirus outbreak. Same-store sales at McDonald’s restaurants globally fell 22.2% in March. U.S. comparable sales for March were down 13.4%, down 34.7% in International Operating Markets, down 19.4% in International Developmental Licensed Markets &…
In this series of articles, we start the search for the top ten safest dividend stock using different angles and selection processes. Long-term dividend growth investors, need to pay less attention to the short-term movements of the market and focus on the quality and business models of the companies in their portfolio. However, these days…
Our International Dividend Portfolio dropped -7.78% in € and -9.95% in US$ in March, compared to -13.66% for the Dividend Aristocrats Index. Year-to-date the performance is now -23.39% for the Dividend Aristocrats Index, while the International Dividend Portfolio dropped -16.2% in US$. Representing an outperformance of almost 7.2%. Since inception in 2009, the portfolio has…