Sentences with phrase «of raising the dividend year»

Companies that have a history of raising the dividend year on year are more likely to continue doing so.

All of my companies pay dividends and all of them raise the dividend every year.

Not exact matches

Wells Fargo said it expects to raise its common stock dividend by 1 cent to 39 cents, for four quarters beginning in the third quarter of this year and pending approval by the board.

Warren Buffett, No. 3 on Forbes» list of the world's richest people and most prominent among the low - tax dissenters, wrote an op - ed in The New York Times arguing that, in concert with budget cuts, Washington should raise taxes — especially on dividends and capital gains — for those earning upwards of US$ 1 million a year and even more on the 8,000 or so Americans making $ 10 million and up.

Given Osiris's strong five - year record of growth and profitability, Bowers was able to help make Miller's wishes come true: he structured a deal that raised $ 13 million from a large local pension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividend yield.

The real «fix» on the balance sheet came from a series of substantial equity raises and getting Husky's «supportive» majority shareholders to take their dividend in the form of shares instead of cash for a year.

Owen's & Minor (OMI) on 01/31/18 (yes I know it's technically January but they usually raise in Feb.) increased their dividend 1 % to $ 0.26 and this marks the 20th consecutive year of increases.

Following what will be one of its most profitable years ever in North America, General Motors raised its earnings guidance for 2016, while also dramatically increasing its stock buyback program and its quarterly dividend.

Finally, General Motors has raised its quarterly dividend by 6 percent, to $ 0.38 per share, beginning in the first quarter of this year.

It holds 60 companies, all of whom have consistently raised dividends over the last five years and have at least $ 300 mln in market cap, though the average is $ 8 billion.

I'd put JNJ and KO up at the top just for the number of years of consistent dividend raises.

Aflac is a dividend champion in the insurance industry with a 31 year history of annual dividend raises.

On Tuesday, Bank of America announced that after passing the Federal Reserve's latest stress test — an exercise implemented after the financial crisis that requires big financial institutions to prove they have the capital to sustain operations in a recession — it would raise its dividend to $ 0.48 per year.

In fact, PepsiCo has raised its annual payout in each of the last 45 years, which makes the company a «Dividend Aristocrat,» a company with at least 25 consecutive years of annual dividend inDividend Aristocrat,» a company with at least 25 consecutive years of annual dividend individend increases.

Diageo has been a consistent dividend payer since it was created in 1997 by the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, and it has raised its payout in each of the last six years.

Yet, 3M didn't disappoint income investors — it raised its dividend by a good 16 % and for the 60th straight year in 2017, returning $ 2.8 billion of its FCF in dividends.

Let's assume you have a diversified portfolio yielding 3,5 %, some good old blue chips grow their dividend slowly, some newer companies keep raising their dividend higher and higher like their life depends on it, averaging dividend increases of let's say 7 % per year.

The dividend is extremely safe and has a margin of safety against earnings, and the 58 years of consistent dividend growth should allow you to sleep at night knowing that, every April, you'll get a raise in your passive income of six to seven percent.

In my first year 12 companies have raised their dividend after I bought the stock, with an average raise of 8,45 %.

Coca - Cola and Johnson & Johnson have raised earnings per share in nine of the last ten years, and have raised dividends in each of those years (in fact, the dividend has gone up every year going back a half century).

As we all know, dividends, no matter how reliable and dependable, no matter how long they have been paid out, no matter how many years of consecutive raises are given are not guaranteed.

The portfolio annual income grew 4.89 % over the course of the year and this does not even reflect dividend raises announced that would not take effect until Q1 2018.

In 2011, 44 of those stocks paid dividends, and 40 of them raised their dividends last year.

The company has raised its dividend each of the last 15 years — most recently a 10 % hike from $ 1.82 per quarter to $ 2, which was announced last September and first paid in December.

But companies rarely have a flexible approach to capital allocation like this (they usually have a set dividend that they pay out each year, often steadily raising it by a few pennies each year, and then they buy back shares without much mention of value).

For those new to the site, I track a high yield / low payout portfolio using Dividend Champion stocks (stocks with a history of raising dividends 25 + years).

If, for example, you received a significant promotion and raise 5 years after purchasing term coverage, you might want to convert to a permanent life insurance policy to take advantage of the tax benefits and receive dividends.

Next year, free cash flow is forecast to increase 15 % to $ 20.25 billion, giving AT&T even more of a buffer to pay and raise the dividend.

The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat List, or a grouping of firms that have raised their dividends for the past 25 years, is a great example of why backward - looking analysis can be painful.

Among the issues raised were the $ 2 trillion valuation Saudi Arabia wants for the world's largest oil producer, the scale of dividends Aramco's prepared to pay and the impact of the shale boom on oil prices over the next few years.

Despite falling share prices, several major producers of agricultural nutrients had managed to steadily raise their dividends in the past five years.

Limiting your pool of stocks to companies that have raised their dividend for 25 consecutive years leaves you with a portfolio of older, slower - growing stocks.

By definition, any stock currently in the portfolio continued to raise its dividend even during the crisis years of 2008 and 2009.

That is not because JNJ has not been raising its dividend, it is because JNJ's price has risen rapidly for the past couple of years.

Like fellow blue chip Johnson & Johnson, AT&T is also a member of the elite Dividend Aristocrats, having raised its dividend every year for more than three Dividend Aristocrats, having raised its dividend every year for more than three dividend every year for more than three decades.

Over the last 20 years, 3M has raised its quarterly dividend by 395 %, outpacing inflation over that period of 52 % by almost eight times.

• Corporate culture of raising dividends, with a 20 - year streak of increases and a 5 - year dividend growth rate of 15 % per year, all done while keeping the payout ratio low at 35 %.

Every stock in the portfolio must have raised its dividend for a minimum of 10 consecutive years.

Today, we're going to take a look at Dividend Achievers — companies with a history of raising their annual dividends for a minimum of 10 consecutive years — that aren't just providing token upticks.

Over the past 10 years, the stock has raised its dividend at an annual clip of nearly 20 %.

If a company fails to raise its dividend in any year, it will get booted out of the Aristocrats index and be sentenced to five years with no chance of parole.

It has been seen in the wider market that no more than 100 companies have consistently raised their dividends over the last 5 years, and the number of companies that have consistently raised their dividends for 10 years is less than 50.

To go along with its 40 - year history of raising the dividend, Medtronic has had ongoing share buyback programs.

VLO has gotten into the habit of raising its dividend twice per year in recent years.

Intel has raised its dividend four times over the last seven years including a doubling of the payout this coming quarter.

ABM is part of the Dividend Kings, a group of stocks that have raised their payouts for at least 50 consecutive years.

And while there is no guarantee that they will continue to raise their dividends going forward, the 10 - year criteria ensures that you own a portfolio of some of the highest - quality growth companies in the world.

This iconic maker of Band - Aids, Tylenol, Listerine, and too many other health and pharmaceutical products to list has raised its dividend for an astonishing 49 consecutive years.

In addition, OHI's management has announced that they will not raise the dividend this year (thus stopping their streak of raising the dividend by $.01 / quarter).

Though it currently yields no more than the broader S&P 500, the ETF is comprised of companies that have raised their dividends every year for the past 10 years.