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Walmart misses on fourth-quarter earnings, outlook below analysts’ estimates

Dividend Aristocrat Walmart (WMT) reported on Tuesday weaker-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter earnings due to a shorter-than-usual holiday shopping season. The company said that fiscal 2021 earnings would miss analysts’ estimates. Walmart’s earnings for the three months ended January were $4.14 billion, or $1.45 a share vs. earnings of $3.69 billion, or $1.27 a share, compared to…

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Dividend Aristocrat Becton Dickinson’s stock tumbles 12%

Shares of dividend aristocrat Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX) tumbled 12% in the morning session after the medical technology company reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that topped expectations but lowered its full-year outlook. BDX reported quarterly revenues of $4.225 billion for the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2019.  This represents an increase of 1.6 percent…