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…
European Dividend aristocrat and French drugmaker Sanofi (SAN.PA) reported an EPS of 5.99 euros, up 6.8% Net sales were 36.13 billion euros, up 4.8% as reported, and up 2.8%, including vaccine sales of 5.73 billion euros, up 9.3% and therefore in line with the average growth rate expected between 2018 and 2025. Sanofi’s board of…
European Dividend aristocrat and Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk AS (NOVO-B.CO) reported on Wednesday a revenue growth of 9.0% and 4.8% earnings-per-share growth in Q4. Net profit in Q4 rose to 8.72 billion DKK ($1.29 billion) from DKK8.5 billion a year earlier. Sales in Q4 rose to DKK32.42 billion against analysts’ expectations of DKK31.95 billion.…
The Walt Disney Company (DIS) reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Tuesday and beating both earnings and sales expectations as revenue surged 36%. Earnings per share are $1.53 per share vs. $1.44 per share expected and revenue are $20.86 billion vs. $20.79 billion expected. Diluted EPS for the quarter decreased 17% to $1.53 from $1.84 in…
The Dividend Aristocrats are companies of the S&P 500 that have paid steadily increasing dividends for at least 25 years have outperformed the broader market over time, like in 2018. This article lists the current Dividend Aristocrat constituents and their recent returns By showing the recent performance of the Dividend Aristocrats, some active dividend growth…
In this post, we will have a look at the dividend-paying stocks which are a member DAX. The DAX is one of the major European indexes and comprised of the 30 largest and most traded companies in Germany. It represents around 80 percent of the market capitalization of listed stock corporations in Germany. For non-European…
Jefferies has downgraded its rating on Nestlé (NESW.SW) from ‘buy’ to ‘hold’ on Friday, saying that its ‘good work’ over the past three years has now been ‘priced in.’ To continue to re-rate, Nestlé needs to deliver decisively against its 2020 ‘mid-single digit’ growth guidance, the US broker said. ‘This feels too much of a…
S&P Dow Jones Indices today announced the annual rebalancing results for the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. As a result, 7 new companies will be added to the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index. These changes will be effective prior to the open on February 3, 2020. This means that S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index will grow…
Jefferies has increased the advice for Unilever from “Hold” to “Buy” and has raised its target price from 53 euros to 59 euros. The analysts at Jefferies expect that the Unilever management will take more measures, for example by cutting the portfolio, in order to raise the growth expectations in order to keep activist shareholders…
The DAX is a European index comprised of the 30 largest and most traded companies in Germany. It represents around 80 percent of the market capitalization of listed stock corporations in Germany. The DAX-index can be a great source for investors that are looking for European blue-chip dividend stocks. Members have direct access to detailed…