Dividends and Buybacks

Dividends and Buybacks Articles

These corporate giants have stated or admitted on their own that they are in the 25-year dividend hike game.
Yum Brands has announced that it is spinning off its China business. The newly split company will be known as Yum China Holdings. At the same time, the company announced an increase in its dividend.
In a recent research note, the analysts at Jefferies make a big move by adding a top technology company to the firm's well respected Franchise Picks list of stocks to Buy.
Investors love dividends and they love share buybacks. So why was it that last week's huge buyback and dividend hike at Microsoft were largely ignored by Wall Street?
Out-of-favor companies are shunned for a variety of reasons, but often those reasons are short-term issues. Products need to be updated, bad headlines, big management changes and more are usually the...
Despite all the negative long-term trends, investors have cleaned up owning tobacco stocks in recent years. And now the valuations are at a serious premium to their historic levels.
One of the best things for investors to do is look for solid growth potential combined with fair valuations. Sprinkle in dividends and you have a recipe for total return success.
Investors love dividends and stock buybacks, and Wednesday morning Microsoft announced that it was getting in on the act.
Most Wall Street strategists agree that the way to play the fourth quarter and next year is with large cap stocks that pay and consistently increase their dividends.
There is nothing really exciting to see here, just companies that have been around forever and, regardless of politics, macro changes and headlines, will be around for the foreseeable future.
Despite a stock market that is somewhat bloated and trading near historically high multiples, technology stocks remain cheap for the most part.
These four companies all pay outstanding dividends and are holding their own in their respective business arenas. Their stocks are rated Buy and may have some room to run.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber has announced its updated financial performance targets and a solid dividend hike, as increasing demand for larger, more profitable tires has boosted the business.
Some profit-taking selling has knocked these four companies back into very reasonable valuation levels.
The volatility in the markets have shaken some of the top dividend leaders and may be giving long-term investors a great buying opportunity.