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…
U.S. equities continued their way up in October, helped by optimism around trade talks with China, a good earnings-season, and easing from the Fed. The S&P 500 gained 2.17% and year-to-date the S&P 500 is up around 23% and just below all-time high records. The Dogs of the Dow are only up 11.8% in 2019,…
Dividend aristocrat VF Corporation (Ticker: VFC) is increasing its quarterly dividend by 12%, as reported on Friday. VF Corp. declares $0.48 per share quarterly dividend, 11.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.43. The next payout will be on December 20, 2019 (Record day: December 10, 2019). This is a dividend increase for the 48th consecutive…
American Electric Company Inc. (ticker: AEP), is one of America’s largest electrical utilities, is increasing its quarterly dividend of $0.70 per share. This is an increase of 4.5% compared to the previous quarter ($0.67). On a yearly bases, the total dividend distribution to its shareholders is $ 2.80. The current 3 years dividend growth rate…
The European Dividend Aristocrats are based (by S&P) on Eurozone companies within the S&P Europe 350 Index and a managed dividends policy of increasing dividends for at least 10 consecutive years. Next to the currencies (EUR vs USD), the two major difference are: Increasing dividends for at least 10 consecutive years vs 25 consecutive…
The European Dividend Aristocrats are based (by S&P) on the 40 highest dividend-yielding Eurozone companies within the S&P Europe Broad Market Index (BMI) and a managed dividends policy of increasing or stable dividends for at least 10 consecutive years. Next to the currencies (EUR vs USD), the two major difference are: Increasing or stable dividends…
Coca-Cola (KO) continues to benefit from its strategy to sell more soft drinks with less sugar, such as the sugar-free version Coca-Cola Zero. In the third quarter that (again) led to higher revenues for the American soft drinks/ beverage company. Coca-Cola’s sales over the past three months increased by 8% to $ 9.5 billion. In…
European Dividend Aristocrat Nestle SA reported on Thursday that its nine-month sales rose to 3.7%. The Swiss consumer-goods giant also said that it will distribute up to 20 billion Swiss francs ($20.07 billion) to its shareholders between 2020 and 2022. This will happen primarily through buybacks while maintaining its dividend policy. Nestle SA current dividend…
Shares in Danone (BN.FR) fell sharply Friday after the food company adjusted its guidance to lower sales growth expectations. The French food company said it was adjusting its guidance to lower expectations for its like-for-like sales growth in 2019. Danone’s sales is 6.42 billion euros ($7.13 billion), up from EUR6.19 billion the year previous and…
The second half of October will be a busy month as far as earnings reports, especially for most of the US dividend stocks and including several dividend aristocrats. Below a selection of key companies reporting on earnings the coming two weeks: Date Company Oct.18th PPG Industries Oct.18th American Express Oct.18th Philip Morris Oct.19th Honeywell Oct.19th…