Dividends and Buybacks

Dividends and Buybacks Articles

In the wake of changes to the UBS Equity Focus list, 24/7 Wall St. scanned the list for the top yielding tech stocks.
A new report from Deutsche Bank highlights some of the semiconductor stocks that are returning the most cash to shareholders via dividends and share buybacks.
Winston Churchill once said that Russia "is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." He could also have been talking about Google.
24/7 Wall St. could not help but notice that several of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components are trading close to their 52-week lows.
CenturyLink is making an interesting case for its dividend payout ratio for the coming years, and Merrill Lynch likes what it sees.
24/7 Wall St. has not been overly concerned about Chevron's dividend -- we still see it hiking the dividend minimally.
What happens when a company's focus on dividends and return of capital to shareholders becomes too strong? Does it end up simply gutting its future?
Yahoo announced late on Thursday that it plans to buy back an additional $2 billion in shares, but this plan is much larger than it seems.
While investors have been enjoying ever higher dividends and buybacks at a new record, you just do not see waves and waves of stock splits any longer.
Two reputable Wall Street firms have recently told their clients and investors to sell shares of GM into the company's recently announced larger capital return plan.
Piper Jaffray thinks that quality stocks in the outsourcing, facilities and professional services universe can provide healthy sources of income yield.
If you do not believe that Freeport-McMoRan is expecting hard times, what does an 84% dividend cut tell you?
Buybacks and dividends hit a new combined high in 2014, and there looks to be enough runway that 2015 may be yet another record for returning capital to investors.
Now that AT&T is formally out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 24/7 Wall St. cannot help but wonder if it is finally safe for investors to start buying its shares again.
The of Nordic American Tankers suggested in an open letter to shareholders that the company's dividend is likely to rise.