The home improvement retailer and dividend aristocrat Lowe’s (LOW) reported quarterly earnings of $3.75 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $2.95 a share. Lowe’s profits soared 68.7% to $2.83 billion, up from $1.68 billion. Net sales rose 30% to $27.3 billion vs. $24.27 billion expected. Lowe’s online sales soared 135% as COVID-19 pushed more…
Dividend Aristocrat and Dividend King Target Corporation (TGT) reported $3.38 EPS for the second quarter, way above the consensus estimate of $1.62. The retailer’s revenue (Revenue: $23 billion, vs. $20.09 billion expected) also beat forecasts, with comparable-store sales up 24.3%. Target’s digital sales nearly tripled compared to a year earlier. Target’s dividend yield is around…
Index provider STOXX announced today that according to the new Insolvency Rule (section 5.1.1) Wirecard AG(ISIN DE0007472060) is deleted from the DAX index, effective August 24th. Wirecard is replaced by Delivery Hero SE(ISIN DE000A2E4K43). In June Deutsche Lufthansa AG left Germany’s DAX index and has been replaced by the real-estate company Deutsche Wohnen SE. …
Dividend Aristocrat Wal-mart Stores (WMT) reports an adjusted EPS of $1.56, beating analyst estimates by $0.31. Revenue of $137.7 billion beats analyst estimates by $3.93 billion and grows 5.6% versus the same quarter a year ago. Walmart’s operating profit was driven by strength in all of its operating segments, with significantly lower losses in e-commerce…
Home Depot Inc (HD) reports EPS of $4.02, beating analyst estimates by $0.34 and is up 26.8% versus the same quarter last year. Revenue of $38.05 billion beats analyst estimates by $3.41 billion and is up 23.4% versus the same quarter last year. The Company today announced that its board of directors declared a second-quarter…
Berkshire Hathaway sold all of its shares in Goldman Sachs. Stakes in banks such as Wells Fargo and JPMorgan have also been significantly reduced, according to the 13F filing on Q2-2020 published on Friday after the market. This is the second time Warren Buffett shakes up his equity portfolio this year. Earlier this year, Berkshire…
European Dividend Aristocrat and Danish healthcare company Novo Nordisk paid an interim dividend of 3.25 DKK per share. The current dividend yield is around 2.50% with a payout ratio of 50.5%. Novo Nordisk has been able to increase its dividend payout since 2003. In 2016, Novo Nordisk switched from annual dividend payments to semi-annual. Payment…
The Dutch insurance and asset-management company AEGON NV reported on Thursday that it will cut its dividend by more than half as it reported a 67% fall in net profit for H1-2020. AEGON will pay a dividend of €0.06 for the half-year (interim dividend 2020), compared with 15 € cents for the period last year.…
European Dividend Aristocrat Legal & General paid a cash dividend of £0.049 per share with an ex-dividend date of August 13th and a payable date of September 24th. The current annual dividend is £0.1757 per share, representing a dividend yield of 8.2%. The current payout-ratio is 55.17% and the 5-year average dividend growth rate is…
European Dividend Aristocrat Ashtead Group (aht.lse) pays a cash dividend of £0.335 per share with an ex-dividend date of August 13th and a payable date of September 11th. Ashtead is a “fast dividend growth” stock, the average 5 years growth rate is above 25%, which is exceptional for UK dividend stocks.Year-to-date the stock is up…