As a dividend growth investor, you could narrow the universe of stocks you willing to consider for your investment to dividend stocks by excluding the overvalued ones. We will zoom-in on and discuss 10 overvalued Dividend Aristocrats, their valuation, dividend yield, and performance. Determining overvalued dividend stocks For selecting the top-10, we use the theory…
Safran’s Board of Directors has decided not to propose to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders the payment of a dividend in 2020 for the 2019 financial year. According to the management, this decision preserves the Group’s resources in order to protect employees, maintain continuity of its operations, notably for its suppliers, support its customers,…
Dividends worldwide could fall up to 35% to $933 billion in 2020 due to the corona-virus, according to the latest Janus Henderson global dividend index report. The fund manager forecast is based on the analysis of companies that together account for more than 75% of global payouts. The best-case scenario is that worldwide dividends are…
European Dividend Aristocrats and French cosmetic giant L’Oreal’s (OR.PA) board of directors has decided to renounce the planned increase in the dividend of 10.4%, and consequently to propose to the Annual General Meeting a dividend of €3.85. The company’s annual general meeting is set for June 30 and will take place behind closed doors. Since…
As a dividend growth investor, you could narrow the universe of stocks you willing to consider for your investment to dividend stocks that are undervalued. We will zoom-in on and discuss ten undervalued Dividend Aristocrats, their valuation, dividend yield, and performance. This undervaluation list can be a good starting point for further research, and find…
In this article: What are Dividend Kings, Aristocrats, Champions, Challengers, and Contenders? Which criteria are used to construct the (US) Dividend Aristocrats list? What are the differences between European, US, and other Dividend Aristocrats? What are Dividend Kings, Aristocrats, Champions, Challengers, and Contenders? Before zooming in on the Dividend Aristocrats, here is the list…
We continue our updates for the detailed dividend stock pages, as of today, additional dividend safety data is available for the majority of the stocks in our database. The individual pages now include the following Dividend Safety Metrics overview. See for example 3M (MMM). Dividend payout ratio The dividend payout ratio and dividend growth, representing…
Britain’s telecom group BT shares are tumbling 8% on Thursday after the announcement to suspend its dividend and currently trade around 105.20 (GBX). The 2019/20 reported results were in line with expectations, but the dividend plan is worse than expected. The company said its board has decided that it was more prudent to suspend the…
The Belgian-Dutch food retailer Ahold Delhaize has reported Q1 2020 EPS that is up by about 50% at 59 euro cents, beating the consensus by 5 cents Ahold’s net sales rose by 14.7% to 18.2 billion euros, including a 12.7% increase excluding currency effects. The Ahold Delhaize group is maintaining its annual targets, including underlying…
European dividend aristocrat and Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer (WKL.AS) suspended its 2020 guidance on Wednesday, given the uncertainty surrounding the impact of Covid-19. Wolters Kluwer, however, remains committed to a progressive dividend policy and the last dividend increase has been 20% (2019). The final dividend for 2019 is approved by shareholders and to be paid…