France Telecom SA announced today that the company will cut its dividend forecast for 2012 and 2013 due to an uncertain macro-economic environment and competitive pressures.
Investors received a positive signal from CEO Tim Cook yesterday that an Apple dividend could be coming in the near future.
Medtronic announced today that the company will raise their quarterly dividend by 8 percent to $.2425 per share.
Best Buy announced today that the company had authorized a $5 billion stock repurchase program and will increase their quarterly dividend by 7 percent to $.16 per share.
Rockwell Automation announced today that the company will give their shareholders a 21% dividend increase to $.425 per share.
Today’s announcement marks the 9th dividend increase in the past 7 years for Deere investors.
Cisco could be facing several quarters of lackluster performance. In all likelihood their stock price will fall much lower before the company’s performance stabilizes.
This marks the fourth dividend increase in the past 12 months from Yamana Gold.
Seagate Technology announced this week that the company will reinstate their quarterly dividend at $.18 per share.
Cisco Systems announced yesterday that the company will initiate a quarterly dividend payment of $.06 per share beginning in April.
Air Products & Chemicals announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 18% to $.58 per share. This marks the 29th straight year that Air Products has given their shareholders a dividend increase.
Qualcomm announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 13%.
Wal-Mart Stores announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 21% to $.365 per share. Walmart’s dividend yield has taken on greater importance in recent years as their stock price has lagged the broader market indices.
St. Jude Medical announced today that the medical device company will start paying a dividend in April of $.21 per share.
Health insurance stocks are starting to feel more confident about their cash flows and are finally paying reasonable dividends to their shareholders.
Wyndham Worldwide announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.15 per share.
Today’s dividend announcement marks the 53rd consecutive year that 3M has increased their dividend payment.
This announcement marks the 17th consecutive year that Ross Stores has increased their dividend.
Aetna announced on Friday that the company is significantly increasing their dividend and moving from a nominal annual dividend to a quarterly payment cycle.
UPS is using their cash flows to deliver a bigger dividend to investors.
This will be the chocolate maker’s 325th consecutive quarterly dividend payment.
BP announced today that the company will reinstate their dividend program at $.07 per share for the fourth quarter.
Typically Smucker doesn’t announce a dividend increase until April, so today’s announcement was a pleasant surprise to investors.
It’s hard not to take a second and even third look at what may be the cheapest Israeli dividend stock.
Men’s Wearhouse announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 33% to $12 per share.
The Finish Line announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.05 per share.
Carnival Corporation announced today that they are increasing their quarterly dividend by 150% to $.25 per share.
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AT&T is already the highest yielding stock in the Dow Jones index. Today’s dividend announcement will increase that dividend yield to 5.9% based on yesterday’s closing price.
Agnico-Eagle Mines announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by a whopping 256%.
Today’s announcement marks the seventh consecutive year that Waste Management has increased their dividend.
Iron Mountain announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 200% to $.1875 per share.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. announced yesterday that the company is reinstituting their quarterly dividend program at $.10 per share.
Nike announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 15% to $.31 per share.
Sysco Corporation announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 4% to $.26 per share.
Baxter International announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 7% to $.31 per share.
With this dividend announcement, Yamana Gold will have increased their annual dividend payment by 200% over 2009.
Once Verizon begins paying dividends to Vodafone, Wall Street is concerned that Verizon may not have the cash flow to sustain their dividend.
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This marks the 37th consecutive year that RPM has increased their cash dividend putting them in a very elite group.
Microsoft needs to dramatically ramp up their dividend program to where they become one of the top 20 dividend stocks in the S&P 500.
Yahoo was once a darling of the dot-com world. Now it seems that Yahoo’s days as a publicly trading company may be numbered.
Covidien announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 11 percent to $.20 per share.
McDonald’s initiated their dividend program in 1976 and has increased their dividend every year since then.
Microsoft initiated their dividend program in 2003, but this marks the first dividend increase from the tech giant since September 2008.
Cisco Systems announced this week that the company will initiate a dividend program by 2011.
Dividend investors reacted positively to news of the dividend increase, sending Yum! Brands stock price to a new 52-week high.
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According to the company, this is the longest record of consecutive annual dividend increases within the REIT sector.
Monsanto announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 6% to $.28 per share.
These companies currently do not pay a dividend to investors, but they have all the criteria to make a great dividend stock.
Barrick Gold Corporation is lifting their quarterly dividend by 20% as earnings surge on record high gold prices.
Sealed Air Corporation announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 8% to $.13 per share.
General Electric announced today that the conglomerate will finally increase their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.12 per share.
One question that we do hear quite frequently from investors is why are dividends better than stock buybacks?
The surprise dividend increase comes as Starbucks posted fiscal third quarter earnings growth of 37% and boosted their guidance.
This internet stock offers an impressive 6.8% dividend yield and yet the stock only trades at 5x consensus 2011 earnings estimates.
The dividend increase comes as ETN delivered second quarter earnings results that were $.19 above Wall Street’s consensus estimates.
Big dividends are not bad news if a company can afford to pay them, unfortunately in Barnes & Noble’s case it appears that they cannot.
PPG Industries announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 2% to $.55 per share.
KLA-Tencor announced that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 67% to $.25 per share.
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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.
The dividend increase was driven by Medtronic’s strong cash flows and part of their effort to return cash to their shareholders.
The penny increase in the dividend payment will lift BBY’s current yield to 1.6% based on yesterday’s closing price.
Lincare Holdings announced today that they will initiate a quarterly dividend program.
PetSmart announced today that they will increase their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.125 per share.
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Gilead Sciences is a cash flow machine, but the stock has never paid a quarterly dividend.
For weeks now, questions, rumors, speculation and predictions have been swirling about BP.
Target announced today that the retailer is increasing its quarterly dividend by 47% to $.25 per share.
Income investors are sure to take notice of Viacom now that the stock offers a higher dividend yield than other consumer media stocks like Disney or News Corp.
In an indication that the global economy is improving, Sasol Ltd. announced today that they are resuming their dividend growth policy.
High-end retailer Coach seems to be getting serious about dividends.
We tend to focus primarily on identifying good dividend stocks to buy and probably don’t give enough attention on when to sell dividend stocks.
The positive dividend announcement follows yesterday’s announcement that Brinker will be selling their On The Border restaurants for an undisclosed amount.
Starbucks joins the ranks of dividend stocks after announcing this morning that the company will initiate a quarterly cash dividend of $.10 per share.
The dividend hike comes as Williams Sonoma released fourth quarter results that handily beat Wall Street’s consensus expectations.
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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.
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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.
Global pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb announced late yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.31 per share.
Dow component United Technologies announced late yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $.385 per share.
Financial media company The Street announced late yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $.025 per share.
Equipment maker Caterpillar announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $.42 per share.
Applied Materials announced yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share.
The Home Depot announced today that their Board of Directors has approved a cash dividend for the 89th consecutive quarter.
McDonald’s announced today that their Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.50 per share.