European Dividend Aristocrats ETF gained 5.8% in July

For dividend growth investors in Europe, we created a European Dividend Aristocrats certificate to easily track and invest in the European edition of the famous Dividend Aristocrats. With respect to its performance, the European Dividend Aristocrats gained another 5.78% this month after the 4.3% in June. European Dividend Aristocrats – June results The European Dividend…

Defensive Aristocrats outperformed the S&P 500 in July

U.S. equities ended July in positive territory, with the S&P 500 (SPX) posting a gain of 2%, despite concerns about the COVID “delta variant”, and rising inflation. Several Dividend Aristocrats reported strong Q2-2021 earnings and improved outlooks for 2021 in the last two weeks. In July, the Defensive Aristocrats outperformed the S&P 500 index.  …

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Dividend Aristocrats Coca-Cola (KO) and Dover (DOV) report strong earnings

Earlier this week two dividend aristocrats, IBM and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported strong earnings for Q2-2021. PPG Industries (PPG) dropped due to disappointing figures. Both Coca-Cola (KO) and Dover (DOV) report strong earnings beating analysts’ forecast. The Coca-Cola Company reported quarterly earning per share of $0.68 beating estimates by $0.12 and revenues of $10.1B…

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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports strong Q2-21 figures

Dividend Aristocrat Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported Q2-21 earnings per share of $2.48 beating estimates by $0.19. Also, the revenues of $23.31B (+27.1% Y/Y) were above expectations,  beating estimates by $770M. 2021 Guidance:  The company expects revenues between $92.5B-$93.3B vs. $92.55B consensus for the full year. Adjusted earnings per share have been increased to $9.50-$9.60 from…

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IBM Beats Q2-21 EPS by $0.04

Dividend Aristocrat IBM (IBM)  reported on Monday (after-market) strong Q2-2021 figures with  EPS of $2.33 beats by $0.04 and revenue of $18.7B (+3.2% Y/Y) beating estimates by $400M. The results are driven by AI and Cloud; “Client adoption of our hybrid cloud platform contributed to strong performance in Global Business Services and software and drove…