Dividends and Buybacks

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Johnson & Johnson just delivered yet another dividend hike. The company previously had committed to increasing its dividends over and over.
24/7 Wall St. is not counting Exxon and Chevron in its list of companies that have raised their dividends for 50 consecutive years quite yet, but that may change in the years ahead.
At 24/7 Wall St., we are always a little dubious about companies that pay double-digit dividends and distributions, but we are equally intrigued by those that continue to pay them over a long period.
Pipeline and infrastructure giant Kinder Morgan raised its annual dividend by 60% last night but the company still faces a big challenge in Canada.
Here are seven companies that have 50 straight years or more of raising their dividends, as well as several runners-up.
In periods of market uncertainty, investors often flock to defensive stocks such as Proctor & Gamble. Unfortunately, investors don't seem to care that it raised its dividend yet again.
NetApp held its analyst day this past week, and the firm announced a sizable share repurchase plan and hiked its dividend. Analysts praised these moves and hiked their targets in response.
These four solid companies with healthy yields look to be able to maintain and grow their payouts to shareholders.
Net increases in first-quarter dividends totaled $7.9 billion more than in the same period of 2017. Investors received more than $109 billion in dividends for the quarter, according to S&P Dow...
Short interest in GE rose by about 14% in the most recent reporting period that ended March 15. The stock price has continued to fall and shows little sign of stopping.
Cisco Systems has come back into focus for investors in 2018, and the networking and security giant was actually the top performing stock on the Dow Jones industrial average year to date.
24/7 Wall St. has screened the various sectors in the S&P 500 Index and pulled out six companies that offer several things many income-seeking investors would love to see.
Jefferies has made a big move by adding a top retail company to its well-respected Franchise Picks list of stocks to Buy.
It almost seems odd that Boeing would no longer be the top-performing Dow stock, after having held on to that position for so long.
If there is one state that comes to mind with high taxes and higher regulations that go above and beyond federal ones, it would be California. It turns out that even the golden state can sometimes...