Posts Tagged ‘dividend payout ratio’
The Travelers Companies announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 14% to $.41 per share.
The dividend increase is the result of a special dividend $.07 per share that Wells Fargo will pay in the first quarter.
Home Depot announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 6% to $.25 per share.
The bank reported a fourth quarter loss of $1.6 billion, but Moynihan believes the company will be in a position to increase their dividend later this year.
Dominion announced today that the utility stock will increase their quarterly dividend by 8% to $.4925 per share and their dividend payout ratio to 60 - 65%.
Former CEO Jeff Kindler had indicated in August that a Pfizer dividend increase would likely come in December.
CEO Brian Moynihan commented yesterday that Bank of America would raise their dividend as soon as they pass the Federal Reserve stress test.
Johnson Controls announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 23% to $.16 per share.
More important than the dividend increase was Siemens acknowledgement of a clear dividend policy for the first time in the company’s history.
Johnson Controls investors could expect about a 25% dividend increase in November.
The cigarette maker just announced their second dividend increase this year.
Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler signaled that the company would increase their quarterly dividend this December.
One of our favorite Canadian dividend plays is the Bank of Montreal, which we view as the safest Canadian dividend stock.
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.
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.
Here are 5 dividend stocks offer investors impressively high dividend yields, and they also have sufficient free cash flow to maintain their dividend payments.
Here are five blue-chip dividend stocks that not only have attractive dividend yields, but are also very profitable and have reasonable payout ratios.