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…
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…