Despite their tremendous cash flow, the world’s largest retailer remains one of the lower yielding dividend stocks in the Dow Jones index.
With over $12 billion in cash on their balance sheet, income investors should be excited to see the company focusing on returning some of that cash to its shareholders.
Lost in the myriad of stories hitting the markets last week were several key dividend announcements.
Just days ago we profiled CKE Restaurants as one of our Top 5 Restaurant Dividend Stocks.
Here are five big dividend announcements that income investors should take notice of.
Dividend stock investors should be optimistic about several announcements this week of companies restoring or increasing their dividend payments.
AT&T announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 2.4% increase in their quarterly dividend to $.42 per share.
Altria Group announced Thursday that its Board of Directors has approved a 6% increase in their quarterly dividend to $.34 per share.
Kimberly Clark announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.60 per share.
Honeywell announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.3025 per share.