The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of currently 63 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. These 63 are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole. By showing the recent performance of the Dividend Aristocrats, some active…
Last month we wrote in our newsletter: “At the moment, Total S.A. is a stock to be reconsidered based on the 5-year dividend growth number. In addition, competitor BP halves dividend as Covid-19 turmoil pushes this oil major to a huge loss of $16.8bn.” Total SA declared the distribution of the second 2020 interim dividend…
The dividend growth rate (DGR) is an important aspect when analyzing dividend stocks, not only to identify the best dividend growers but also to help dividend investor to keep up with inflation. Dividend growth means that the company should generate robust free cash flow. Free cash flow is defined as a company’s operating cash flow…
Sustainable investing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies are even with the COVID-19 around a topic for investors to take into consideration. Globally, the percentage of both retail and institutional investors that apply environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles to at least a quarter of their portfolios jumped from 48 percent in 2017…
Multi-billionaire Warren Buffett and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has taken stakes in Japan’s five largest trading houses, with a total value of more than $ 6.25 billion. These trading companies are: Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Sumitomo. Berkshire Hathaway now owns more than 5% of each of those trading houses. The holdings were built up…
During the annual general meeting, Fresenius (FRE) shareholders approved to increase the dividend for the 27th consecutive time, making it one of the few true European dividend aristocrats. Its dividend per share was raised by 5%, to €0.84 per share from €0.80. The forward dividend yield is 2.13% and the 5 years dividend growth rate…
For the fiscal year 2019, Fresenius Medical Care (FME) approved a dividend increase to €1.20 per share on the Annual General Meeting (27-08-2020). This is the 23rd consecutive dividend increase for this European dividend aristocrat. The dividend of €1.20 per share results in a dividend yield of ~1.60% and represents a payout ratio of around…
European Dividend Aristocrat HALMA PLC (GB0004052071) pays £0.100 dividend, with an ex-dividend date of August 27th and a payable date of October 1st. The UK company Halma PLC is engaged in developing, making, and marketing products that are used to protect lives, or improve the quality of life, for individuals and businesses. The current dividend…
The S&P Dow Jones Indices announced major changes for the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday, August 31st at the same time as Apple’s four-for-one stock split takes effect. On the 30-stock, price-weighted Dow Average, three-component changes will take place. Dividend Aristocrat Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), and Raytheon (RTX) to be replaced by Salesforce…
The home improvement retailer and dividend aristocrat Lowe’s (LOW) reported quarterly earnings of $3.75 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $2.95 a share. Lowe’s profits soared 68.7% to $2.83 billion, up from $1.68 billion. Net sales rose 30% to $27.3 billion vs. $24.27 billion expected. Lowe’s online sales soared 135% as COVID-19 pushed more…