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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.
Are growth stocks really finding a better use for their cash piles than returning it to investors in the form of a dividend?
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.
Here's a list of 5 dividend stocks for former BP investors to consider.
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.
Here are 5 dividend stocks offer investors impressively high dividend yields, and they also have sufficient free cash flow to maintain their dividend payments.
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.
Just days ago we profiled CKE Restaurants as one of our Top 5 Restaurant Dividend Stocks.
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.