Dividends and Buybacks

Dividends and Buybacks Articles

With less than 45 days remaining until the start of 2016, the goal of 24/7 Wall St. is to identify those companies that are likely to announce dividend hikes between now and the end of 2015.
While investors cannot constantly shuffle the holdings in their portfolios based on every current event, they can shift to companies that pay solid dividends and are less vulnerable to volatility...
Mylan announced Monday that it would be conducting a share repurchase for up to $1 billion, in a much faster timeline for repurchasing than most companies would give.
24/7 Wall St. tracks Warren Buffett's holdings each quarter and the most recent Berkshire Hathaway holdings report contained more changes than have been seen in some time.
These companies not only have Merrill Lynch's safest volatility risk ratings, but they have faded somewhat during the recent market sell-off, offering even better valuation and entry points for...
Both HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise declared dividends Thursday morning, the first since the former Hewlett-Packard split into two parts earlier this month.
24/7 Wall St. screened the Merrill Lynch energy stock universe and found four top companies rated Buy with solid dividends for investors to consider.
When was the last time you remember shares of McDonald's being halted for "news pending" during the middle of a trading day?
What could be better for growth and income investors than top blue chip stocks that pay solid dividends and trade under 12 times 2016 earnings estimates?
In a new research report, the UBS Dividend Rulers portfolio analysts make a big change to the portfolio for the stretch run by adding a long-time investor favorite that has been somewhat out of favor...
Solid growth stocks that pay good dividends make sense, especially when they all pay higher dividends than the current 30-year U.S. Treasury bond.
Is it possible that the company Corning is giving back too much for a solid credit profile, considering that the economic recovery is now over six years old?
24/7 Wall St. screened the Merrill Lynch research universe database and found five blue-chip companies currently rated Buy or Neutral that have dividends above 4%.
One good thing to do now is buy solid companies that pay good dividends, because even when the Fed does start to raise rates, it will be with very small increases and at very measured intervals.
Valero Energy reported better-than-expected third-quarter 2015 earnings before markets opened Wednesday morning.