Dividends and Buybacks

Dividends and Buybacks Articles

All four of these stocks look good for investors seeking exposure to the financials sector and also looking for dividends and dividend growth.
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) announced after the close of trading on Thursday that the chip equipment company’s board of directors has approved a new $2 billion share buyback program. What...
With the market pushing through to all-time highs, we are looking for solid total return ideas for investors. Total return is one of the best ways to help improve the chances for overall investing...
Target announced Wednesday morning that its board has raised the retailer's quarterly dividend by about 7% to $0.60.
While uBS is moderately underweight on the overall consumer staples sector, it does have some stocks that fall into its most preferred category. These four appear to be the safest choices with the...
Dividend growth is as important as the size of the dividend, and in many cases more important as a metric. Strong cash flows allow companies to consistently raise their dividends.
Moving some capital to lower volatility stocks makes sense as we head into summer. These four Jefferies Franchise Picks look like good additions now.
Merrill Lynch's overall bias for the better part of this year has been somewhat bearish, and it’s understandable as markets are probably close to fully valued.
Companies that can grow their payouts generally have solid free cash flow and remain good investments for more conservative accounts.
Office Depot's board of directors has authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $100 million of the company's own common stock.
Volumes tend to dry up in the summer as traders and investors go on vacation, making it all that much easier for the short-sellers to exploit headline and market risk.
Despite the ongoing political candidate chirping, all of these quality big pharmaceutical stocks have been around, and they will continue to stay around.
After many years of endless stock buybacks, at least one source is signaling that Corporate America is now pushing far less capital toward share buybacks than more recent years.
Yum! Brands announced that its board of directors has authorized a repurchase program for up to $4.2 billion in additional shares of common stock, while also announcing a quarterly dividend of $0.46...
Southwest Airlines has just delivered what shareholders love to hear with a commitment to a higher dividend and a higher stock buyback.