Posts Tagged ‘dividend program’
Vail Resorts announced today that the company will initiate a quarterly dividend program of $.15 per share.
Even with an attractive dividend yield of 3.4%, most PetMed Express investors have a hound dog expression these days.
Humana announced today that the company will initiate a quarterly dividend program in July.
Amgen announced today that the company will pay their first dividend ever in the second quarter of 2011.
Seagate Technology announced this week that the company will reinstate their quarterly dividend at $.18 per share.
In the first quarter of 2011, 117 stocks in the S&P 500 index either initiated a dividend or increased their dividend. That's up 50% from last year.
Citigroup announced today that the company is offering a 1-for-10 reverse stock split and resuming their quarterly dividend at $.01 per share.
Since announcing their initial dividend payment last June, Viacom shares have climbed over 45% and now yield only 1.1%. However, investors could see a larger dividend payout beginning this summer.
Kohl’s announced yesterday that the company will initiate a quarterly dividend program for the first time ever at $.25 per share.
Health insurance stocks are starting to feel more confident about their cash flows and are finally paying reasonable dividends to their shareholders.
Broadcom announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 13% to $.09 per share.
Mattel is increasing their dividend by 11% and moves to quarterly dividend payments.
BP announced today that the company will reinstate their dividend program at $.07 per share for the fourth quarter.
Time Warner Cable announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.48 per share.
Airgas announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 16% to $.29 per share following a 19% increase in net earnings in the third quarter.
First Horizon National announced on Wednesday that they are restoring their dividend program at $.01 per share.
Carnival Corporation announced today that they are increasing their quarterly dividend by 150% to $.25 per share.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. announced yesterday that the company is reinstituting their quarterly dividend program at $.10 per share.
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced today that the company is initiating a quarterly dividend program.
McCormick has paid our dividends every year since initiating their dividend program in 1925.
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.
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.
Kroger initiated their dividend program in 2006 and has increased their dividend every year since then.
Cisco Systems announced this week that the company will initiate a dividend program by 2011.
Avago Technologies announced today that the company is initiating a quarterly dividend program.
Investor expectations for a dividend increase from Microsoft have been increasing in recent weeks.
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.
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.
Lincare Holdings announced today that they will initiate a quarterly dividend program.
Here is a look at the 10 stocks initiating dividends in 2010.
BP will likely be forced to modify their dividend program, but speculation over a possible bankruptcy or acquisition appears remote given these numbers.
It has been widely speculated that BP would be forced to suspend their dividend program given the political pressure they are facing to do so.
For weeks now, questions, rumors, speculation and predictions have been swirling about BP.
While gold stocks typically don’t offer great dividend yields, income investors should take another look at these stocks given the positive outlook for gold prices.