Thanks for
sharing these dividend increases.
Not exact matches
Much of corporate America is likely to spend the savings from the rate cut by
increasing dividends and
share buybacks.
Travelers
increased its quarterly
dividend to 77 cents per
share from 72 cents.
Spirit AeroSystems Reports Q1 2018 Financial Results; Announces Acquisition of Asco Industries; Plans Debt Refinancing; Announces $ 725 Million Accelerated
Share Repurchase Plan;
Increased Dividend by 20 %
I am pleased to announce that our Board of Directors declared a 7 %
increase in our quarterly cash
dividend to $ 0.77 per
share, marking 14 consecutive years of
dividend increases with a compound annual growth rate of about 10 % over that period.
The Board of Directors declared a quarterly
dividend of $ 0.77 per
share, an
increase of 7 %.
Board of Directors Declares 7 %
Increase in the Company's Regular Quarterly Cash
Dividend to $ 0.77 per
Share
However, investors are reacting positively to two other pieces of news: Tims»
dividend hike —
increased 23 %, or six cents a
share to 32 cents — and a $ 440 million
share buyback, driving the stock up 3 % in early trading.
Apple's
shares gained 1.6 % in after - hours trading following the company's earnings release that included an announcement that it plans to expand
increase its
dividend and stock buyback plan yet again.
«We are now in a position to continue and implement our attractive capital return policy, we
increased our ordinary
dividend and announcing (a)
share buyback program,» Ermotti told CNBC.
«Finally, due to the recent tax reform, we raised Ryder's quarterly cash
dividend to $ 0.52 per
share of common stock, an
increase of 13 % from the amount Ryder had been paying quarterly since July of 2017.»
One way small investors can imitate that approach: Buying the ProShares S&P 500
Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL), which owns
shares in companies that have
increased dividends for at least 25 consecutive years.
Shares in sandalwood producer TFS Corporation were up nearly 25 per cent today after the company announced an
increase in profit, but declared no interim
dividend.
What he has rushed to do is
increase the company's
dividend, which rose to $ 1.74 per
share on an annual basis, up from the current annual rate of $ 1.68 per
share.
Bank of America said it plans to
increase its quarterly common stock
dividend to 12 cents a
share, a 60 percent
increase, beginning in the third quarter of 2017.
Kellogg Company Declares Regular
Dividend of $ 0.54 per
Share and Announces Plans for 4 %
Dividend Increase
While some banks, such as Wells Fargo, are paying more per
share than they were before the recession, others, like Citigroup, haven't
increased dividends at all.
Apple also made investors happy announcing a 16 %
increase in its stock
dividend and a planned $ 100 billion
share buyback.
Guidance for the upcoming quarter was strong and the company also approved a $ 100 billion
share repurchase authorization and a 16 percent
dividend increase.
That, in turn, came after calls from U.S. activist fund Elliott Management for parent Hyundai Motor Group to cancel treasury
shares and
increase dividends.
«We believe the bogey for investors is a 15 percent
increase to Apple's total reported capital return number (
shares repurchase plus past
dividends), which would imply a $ 150 billion headline number, up from $ 130 billion announced last year,» said Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, in a recent note.
As a corporation, KKR plans to pay an annualized
dividend of 50 cents per common
share and
increase its authorized
share repurchase amount to $ 500 million.
Apple also
increased its
dividend 15 percent to $ 3.05 a
share and said it will expand its
share repurchase program to $ 60 billion from the $ 10 billion level announced last year.
Apple traditionally updates its
share buy - back and
dividend program each spring, and the $ 100 billion it added this year compares with an
increase of $ 50 billion last year.
The group chairman, Jose Vinals, said in the same statement that the board «understands the importance of the ordinary
dividend to shareholders and intends to
increase the full year
dividend per
share over time.»
Transcontinental says its quarterly
dividend is
increasing by five per cent, or one penny to 21 cents per
share.
Regarding
dividends, many strong companies also continue to
increase their
dividends per
share, even in a bear market.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may
increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an
increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market
share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay
dividends or complete its
share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
The deceptive company then borrows money to pay for the
increased dividend while personally selling
shares at the inflated price.
Last, companies with high cash balances can also return money to you directly by paying off debt, and thus
increasing profits; buying back outstanding
shares; and even paying a
dividend.
Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of
shares of stock of any class, the payment of any
dividend, any
increase or decrease in the number of
shares of stock of any class or any dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation of Alphabet or any other corporation.
Similarly, the
dividend yield can vary because of
increases or decreases in the
share price.
Apple said its
dividend increase would be reflected in a cash
dividend of 73 cents per
share payable on May 17.
And to top it all off, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will buy back up to $ 100 billion worth of
shares and it is
increasing its
dividend.
Apple also
increased its
dividend by 16 percent to 73 cents a
share, pushing past Exxon Mobil to become the largest
dividend payer, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
«So our expectation should be that we will continue to
increase our
dividend and our
share buybacks next year and the year after that and the year after that.»
Revenue
increased 4 per cent to $ 216.9 million, allowing the company to
increase its
dividend by 7.7 per cent to 2.8 cents per
share.
If Tim Hortons
increased its ratio of adjusted net debt to four times earnings with C$ 2 billion of debt it could fund a special
dividend of $ 13 a
share or buy back up to 23 percent of the stock, the note said.
Kelter estimates if the company took on C$ 1 billion of debt and
increased its leverage to three times EBITDA including restructuring or rent costs, it could fund a C$ 6.50 special
dividend or buy back up to 12 percent of
shares.
We may also see miners» taking some action to boost their
share prices, whether it be through
increasing their
dividends or buying back
shares.
The Minneapolis - based financial services company also announced a
dividend of 90 cents per
share, an 8 percent
increase over the previous quarter and the 11th quarterly
dividend increase in the last nine years.
In April 2013, the board authorized a dramatic
increase, more than doubling the size of the program to $ 100 billion, raising the
dividend, and
increasing the
share buyback authorization to $ 60 billion.
In a quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, the Cupertino, California - based company said it would put in place a new $ 100 billion
share buyback program and
increase its quarterly
dividend by 16 percent.
* PEPSICO INC - DECLARED QUARTERLY
DIVIDEND OF $ 0.9275 PER
SHARE OF PEPSICO STOCK, A 15.2 PERCENT
INCREASE VERSUS COMPARABLE YEAR - EARLIER PERIOD Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
For each CEO's tenure, the researchers calculated three metrics: the country - adjusted total shareholder return (including
dividends reinvested), which offsets any
increase in return that's attributable merely to an improvement in the local stock market; the industry - adjusted total shareholder return (including
dividends reinvested), which offsets any
increase that results from rising fortunes in the overall industry; and change in market capitalization (adjusted for
dividends,
share issues, and
share repurchases), measured in inflation - adjusted U.S. dollars.
First, the cost of capital has improved, so companies may be encouraged to borrow to
increase shareholder - friendly policies for investors, such as
dividends and
share buybacks.
That way, when that 8 %
dividend increase comes around, Jason would be working from a base of 103.73
shares instead of 100
shares.
My Vrijheid Fondsconsist of 50
shares of Southern Company and with this 3.4 %
increase it will add $ 2.75 ($ 3.40) after taxes, to my projected annual
dividend income.
As part of my process towards
increasing and
sharing my passive income, I post my trading activity for my
dividend growth portfolios.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC) today announced its board of directors authorized a quarterly cash
dividend of $ 0.40 per
share of common stock, an
increase of 14.2 percent over the previous quarterly
dividend of $ 0.35 per
share.