Dow Dividend Stocks
Investors may be surprised at this list of 7 Dow laggards with compelling dividend yields.
Dividend investors will be interested to know that RBC is forecasting a significant dividend increase by the second quarter of 2011.
Cramer believes Verizon warrants a buy despite the fact that the stock is underperforming the market.
At the midpoint of this year it seems a good opportunity to review the biggest dividend stories of 2010.
Are growth stocks really finding a better use for their cash piles than returning it to investors in the form of a dividend?
This company has an impressive record of reinventing itself, which has allowed it to be successful for over 100 years.
CEO Jamie Dimon said yesterday that investors will likely see no dividend increase coming from JP Morgan in 2010.
If there is only one factor that you use to evaluate dividend stocks, it should be their cash flow and specifically their free cash flow.
This Canadian telecom offers investors an impressive 5.0% dividend yield and generated $2.65 billion in operating cash flow last year.
By buying a dividend stock with a 7% yield, you stand to double your investment in a decade even if the stock price doesn’t budge.
Dividend stocks that can demonstrate that they are generating significant cash flow and are increasing their dividend payments are becoming very popular.
If you look beyond Verizon and AT&T you can find 3 top Dow dividend stocks that have shined in 2010.
It was only 18 months ago that JP Morgan, Bank of America and even General Electric were in similar situations.
Caterpillar Inc. announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 5% to $.44 per share.
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan was recently asked at a Sanford Bernstein analyst conference how large of a dividend increase should investors expect.
Investors looking for higher yields should not write off dividend stocks.
Earlier this month, Mad Money host Jim Cramer unveiled his recommendations to investors for a diversified portfolio of dividend stocks.
JP Morgan Chase has indicated that the bank will eventually increase their dividend payout to 30 – 40% of earnings.
While many of the top dividend stocks have performed very well this year, eDividendStocks.com has put together a list of 5 Dow dividend stocks that are lagging in 2010.
Don’t be fooled by AT&T and Verizon’s subpar performances this year, high yielding Dow dividend stocks are thriving in 2010.
Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon announced today in his annual letter to shareholders that JPM may raise its annual dividend to $.75 - $1.00 if certain conditions are met.
Kraft Food’s current dividend yield now stands at 3.9% and ranks 6th among the Dow Jones stock components.
Dividend investors have reason to cheer as GE’s CFO indicated that the company plans to begin growing their dividend again, but not until 2011.
Pepsi increased their dividend by 7%, but their dividend yield is still below Coca Cola's 3.3% yield.
We likely will not see any dividend increases from financial stocks until at least the second half of this year and probably not until 2011.
Here are 5 dividend stocks offer investors impressively high dividend yields, and they also have sufficient free cash flow to maintain their dividend payments.
Despite their tremendous cash flow, the world’s largest retailer remains one of the lower yielding dividend stocks in the Dow Jones index.
Lost in the myriad of stories hitting the markets last week were several key dividend announcements.
Here are three Dow stocks that dividend investors should consider ahead of Verizon and AT&T.
Investors are now looking for more realistic returns and they are now accepting the fact that dividends will account for a significant portion of their total returns.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is probably one of the biggest dividend investors that you’ve never heard of.
With Treasury rates at historic lows, fixed income investors are hard pressed to find decent yields.
AT&T announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 2.4% increase in their quarterly dividend to $.42 per share.
IBM announced yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend payment of $.55 per share.
Merck’s current dividend yield now stands at 5.1% making it the fourth highest yielding Dow stock.
DuPont announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.41 per share.
Chevron announced today that its Board of Directors has agreed to increase their quarterly dividend by 5% to $.68 per share.
Alcoa announced Friday that the company’s Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.03 per share.
Dow component Microsoft announced late yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.13 per share.
Dow component United Technologies announced late yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $.385 per share.
High yielding Dow component Verizon Communiciations announced yesterday that they are maintaining their quarterly dividend of $.46 per share.
The Home Depot announced today that their Board of Directors has approved a cash dividend for the 89th consecutive quarter.
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. announced today that they are maintaining their quarterly dividend payment of $.38 per share.
McDonald’s announced today that their Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.50 per share.
The Board of Directors of Pepsi has approved a 6% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend to $.45 per share.
IBM announced today that they are increasing their quarterly dividend for the 14th consecutive year.
Last week, Pfizer slashed their dividend by 50%, but was their dividend cut even necessary?
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced today that they are slashing their quarterly dividend by 50% to $.16 per share.
Johnson & Johnson announced today that they are increasing their quarterly dividend by 6.5% to $.49 per share.
United Technologies announced today that they are maintaining their quarterly dividend at $.385 per share.
Caterpillar announced today that they are maintaining their quarterly dividend payment of $.42 per share.
Three high-yield dividend stocks that are almost certain to cut their dividend payments in the coming weeks.
The falling stock prices of the blue chip companies of the Dow Jones index has produced some incredibly high dividend yields. So which dividend stocks are the safest?
General Electric announced they are slashing their quarterly dividend from $.10 to $.31 per share. The dividend cut has been widely speculated on, but the 68% cut is even more than most expected.
Home Depot announced a quarter dividend of $.225 per share and appears well positioned to maintain their dividend in 2009.
JP Morgan Chase announced today that they are slashing their quarterly dividend payment from $.38 per share to $.05 per share. The dividend will be payable on April 30, 2009 to shareholders of record as of April 6, 2009.
Coca-Cola Co.’s raised their quarterly dividend to $.41 per share. The dividend will be payable on April 1, 2009 to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2009.
General Electric announced that they would maintain their dividend, but would make a re-evaluation in the second half of the year. The market seemed to cheer the thought of GE cutting its dividend and shares jumped almost 14% today on the news.