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A. O. Smith has a solid dividend history and has paid dividends every year since 1940.
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.
Airgas announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 14% to $.25 per share.
The chipmaker can certainly afford to increase their dividend. Altera finished the second quarter with $2.1 billion in cash and virtually no debt on their balance sheet.
This dividend stock generates 100% of their revenues from international markets and offers a compelling dividend yield of 4.6%.
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.
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.
Should dividend investors buy Walgreens stock at its current levels?
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.
The penny increase in the dividend payment will lift BBY’s current yield to 1.6% based on yesterday’s closing price.
Darden shares have gained 19% since the beginning of the year, but cautious consumers may hold back further gains in the near term.
Lincare Holdings announced today that they will initiate a quarterly dividend program.
Here is a look at the top performing dividend aristocrat stocks in 2010.
The auto insurer is on the verge of paying out the largest dividend payout in the company’s history.
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.
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.
For weeks now, questions, rumors, speculation and predictions have been swirling about BP.
Caterpillar Inc. announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 5% to $.44 per share.
Target announced today that the retailer is increasing its quarterly dividend by 47% to $.25 per share.
The impressive dividend hike shows that Dr. Pepper Snapple is getting serious about dividends.
JP Morgan Chase has indicated that the bank will eventually increase their dividend payout to 30 – 40% of earnings.
One of our favorite Canadian dividend plays is the Bank of Montreal, which we view as the safest Canadian dividend stock.
Dividends are why stocks generate better returns than bonds over the long term.
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.
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.
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.
Here are three Dow stocks that dividend investors should consider ahead of Verizon and AT&T.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is probably one of the biggest dividend investors that you’ve never heard of.
Global pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb announced late yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.31 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.
Tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.54 per share.
Frontline announced first quarter earnings results that exceeded Wall Street's expectations and maintained their current high dividend.
Retailer J.C. Penney’s announced that their Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.20 per share.
Seagate Technology announced today that they are suspending their quarterly dividend payment.