Dividend aristocrats

Update: Dividend Safety Metrics

We continue our updates for the detailed dividend stock pages, as of today, additional dividend safety data is available for the majority of the stocks in our database. The individual pages now include the following Dividend Safety Metrics overview. See for example 3M (MMM). Dividend payout ratio The dividend payout ratio and dividend growth, representing…

European dividend stocks

BT: suspends dividend payments

Britain’s telecom group BT shares are tumbling 8% on Thursday after the announcement to suspend its dividend and currently trade around 105.20 (GBX). The 2019/20 reported results were in line with expectations, but the dividend plan is worse than expected. The company said its board has decided that it was more prudent to suspend the…

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Wolters Kluwer: suspends 2020 guidance, keeps dividend

European dividend aristocrat and Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer (WKL.AS) suspended its 2020 guidance on Wednesday, given the uncertainty surrounding the impact of Covid-19. Wolters Kluwer, however, remains committed to a progressive dividend policy and the last dividend increase has been 20% (2019). The final dividend for 2019 is approved by shareholders and to be paid…

Euro Dividend Aristocrats Performance: April 2020

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). European Dividend Aristocrats managed dividends policy of increasing or stable dividends for at least 10 consecutive years, which is different from the US-edition. This article lists the current European Dividend Aristocrat constituents…

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Dividend Aristocrat Clorox raises forecast, beats EPS by $0.22

Dividend aristocrat Clorox (CLX) reports organic sales rose 17% and diluted EPS up 31% in Q3-2020, which ended March 31, 2020. The maker of cleaning and household products is benefiting from a boost by demands for disinfecting and other cleaning products during the coronavirus. Clorox delivered earnings of $241 million, or $1.89 diluted EPS, compared to $187 million, or $1.44 diluted EPS, in the year-ago…