Dividends and Buybacks

Dividends and Buybacks Articles

Online coupon and daily deals giant Groupon looks like it is pulling out a huge win in a stake sale of its South Korean e-commerce business, Ticket Monster.
Morgan Stanley reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2015 results before markets opened Monday morning.
Investors concerned with high prices may want to consider taking profits and moving money to some of the stocks on the UBS Quality Growth at a Reasonable Price list.
Seagate Technology reported mixed fiscal third-quarter financial results Friday before the markets opened.
The 30-year Treasury Bond yields only about 2.5% and, amazingly, more than half of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks are yielding more than that.
The key now for investors wanting to stay long stocks is buying good value. These Deutsche Bank stock picks have defensive qualities and pay better than average dividends.
The debate over whether investors prefer stock buybacks or dividends will continue in the years ahead. Companies use both tools for returning capital to their shareholders.
GE has announced the exit of most GE Capital assets and a structure that will accommodate huge buybacks, higher dividends and a focus on being an industrial conglomerate.
Institutions and retail investors alike have been exiting the utilities for the better part of the past 60 days in order to be out ahead of the coming Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes.
Constellation Brands reported its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results Thursday before the markets opened.
Pier 1 Imports released mixed fiscal fourth-quarter financial results Wednesday after the markets closed.
Ahead of Apple's earnings, Societe Generale has cut shares to Hold from Buy, based on the stock nearing its price target.
Merrill Lynch has made some sense of the valuation of NRG Energy and might see a classic value play with solid upside expected.
Investors in Petrobras have to be wondering about the fate of its dividend. The Brazilian state-run oil giant remains in a very difficult position.
While companies do not like to cut their dividends, 24/7 Wall St. has identified four companies that actually may have to do so.