V.F. Corporation (VFC) slide -9.69% due to 2020 guidance

Dividend Aristocrat V.F. Corporation (VFC), Vans & Timberland parent company, beats Q3 earnings expectations but misses on revenue as sales increase 4.6% year-on-year while adjusted earnings-per-share rose 14%. The company expects fiscal 2020 revenue from continuing operations of about $11.75 billion and adjusted EPS of $3.30. This is below the FactSet consensus EPS of $3.37…

Dividend Aristocrat Kimberly-Clark (KMB) raises 2020 dividend

Dividend Aristocrat Kimberly-Clark earnings beat expectations, raises 2020 dividend. Dividend Aristocrat Kimberly-Clark (KMB) has reported adjusted EPS that is up 7% at $1.71 for Q4-2019, just one cent above the consensus, for revenue that is flat at 4.6 billion dollars. Kimberly-Clark, which in particular owns the Huggies and Kleenex brands, 2019 full-year adjusted EPS is…

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Johnson & Johnson Reports Mixed Fourth-Quarter Results

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…

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Dividend aristocrat ABT posts strong 2019 results

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…

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PPG Industries Inc. Q4 earnings Miss Estimates

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…

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European Dividend Aristocrats Performance: December 2019

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…