Dividend Aristocrat Realty Income Corporation (O) recently announced its 106th common stock monthly dividend increase, since 1994. The company will now pay $0.2330 per share compared with the previous monthly dividend of $0.2325. The increased dividend will be paid on April 15, to shareholders on record as of April 1, 2020. The new annual dividend…
Here are some recent recommendation updates related to Dividend Aristocrats and holdings in our international dividend portfolio: JPMorgan upgraded Clorox (CLX) to overweight from underweight. RBC downgraded Exxon Mobil (XOM) to underperform from neutral. Raymond James downgraded AT&T (T) to market perform from outperform. Morgan Stanley named Procter & Gamble (PG) a top pick. Morgan…
Bill Gates is the richest man in the world with a net worth of over $100 billion in 2020, according to Forbes magazine. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust has a massive $21 billion and the portfolio holdings give us some nice insights. In this article, we list the top-10 dividend stocks and analyze…
Read our article on Seeking Alpha on how the Dividend Aristocrats performed in the first week of declines during the Corona-virus. Interesting read is also the article on Recession-proof Dividend Aristocrats
Home Depot (HD), the world’s largest home improvement retailer, today reported fourth quarter and fiscal 2019 results. Home Depot’s fiscal Q4-2019 main figures are: Earnings per share: $2.28 vs. expected $2.10 Revenue: $25.78 billion vs. expected $25.76 billion Same-store sales: up 5.2% vs. expected 4.8% Home Depot Dividend Home Depot also announced today that its…
In 2018, Michael Cannivet ( Silverlight Asset Management) introduced his version of the “Dogs of the Dow” strategy, the “Dobermans of the Dow”. The “Dogs of The Dow” is an investing strategy that consists of buying the 10 stocks with the highest dividend yield out of the Dow 30 at the beginning of the year.…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) consists of 30 blue-chip stocks. For dividend investors, this is an interesting list, since most companies pay a dividend. Many stocks are able to increase their dividend for several consecutive years. The top-yielding Dow stocks all have dividends that are well above average yields in the stock market. Therefore…
Dividend Aristocrat Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) reported 2019 net income for common stock of $1,343 million or $4.09 a share compared with $1,382 million or $4.43 a share in 2018. For the fourth quarter of 2019, net income for common stock was $295 million or $0.89 a share compared with $331 million or $1.06 a…
On Friday, the broker Credit Suisse upgraded its rating on Nestle from ‘underperform’ to ‘neutral’. The Credit Suisse analyst has also raised its target price for the share from 93 CHF to 103 CHF. Diving into Nestlé’s coffee business – which accounts for about 25% of the group’s profits – the broker said it expects…
Dividend Aristocrat and Dividend King Coca-Cola (KO), the world’s largest soft drinks maker, said on Thursday that it is raising its quarterly dividend by 2.5% from $0.40 to $0.41 a share. This is the 58th consecutive annual dividend increase. The dividend is payable on 1 April to shareholders on record as of 15 March. The…