Samenvatting: Covidien kondigt kwartaaldividend in contanten aan

Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) kondigt vandaag aan dat zijn Raad van Bestuur een kwartaaldividend van $0,225 per gewoon aandeel heeft goedgekeurd.... more

MWV Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

MeadWestvaco Corporation’s (NYSE: MWV) Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 cents per common share. The payment of the dividend will be made on March 1, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of February 2, 2012.... more

23 Stocks Increasing Shareholder Wealth With Higher Dividends

Dividend growth investing is a long-term strategy. A growing dividend is a sign that the company is becoming more valuable. Companies that consistently increase dividends tend to have steadily rising share prices and the best way to benefit from this is to buy and hold the stocks. Diversification and a focus on blue-chip stocks provides insurance for the few companies that don't pan out. Below are several companies that are increasing shareholder wealth by raising their cash dividends: The Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) engages in finding, producing, gathering, processing, and transporting natural gas primarily in the United States. January 19th the company increased its quarterly dividend 3.5% to $0.25875 per share. The dividend is payable March 26, 2012, to holders of record at... more

5 Dividend Stocks To Consider Buying And 2 To Avoid

Income investors have current opportunities and risks in the dividend stock universe. Some companies thrive in specific market cycles. Other companies have difficulty in challenging economic times. In this article I'll focus upon five dividend stocks to buy and two to avoid. Avoid Enerplus Corporation (ERF) Enerplus is a North American energy producer with a diversified asset base of high-quality, low-decline oil and gas assets. The monthly dividend payer also has growth projects within its business model. Here is the third quarter (pdf) production data between oil and natural gas volumes: Henry hub spot prices, as of January 20, closed at $2.25 per MMBtu. The market has experienced warm weather, increased production, and the future looks like low prices may be here for an extended... more

Dividend Desire: 5 Dividend Payers That Look Cheap

The purpose of this article is to continue the conversation on SA about whether we are in a dividend bubble or if desire for dividends has hit a stage of “irrational exuberance.” The Conversation These are the articles that I could find, presented in chronological order. If I missed any, please share in the comments section. On 12/26/2011: Prieur du Plessis wrote an article entitled, “Are We Witnessing a Dividend Bubble?” On 12/30/2011: Tim McAleenan wrote an article entitled, “Dividend Stocks Defy Bubble Classification.” On 1/7/2012: Dividend Growth Investor wrote an article entitled, “We are not in a Dividend Bubble.” I will leave deeper analysis of these articles up to you, but I certainly found them to be worthwhile. Anecdotal Evidence The reason that these... more

5 Dividend Standouts Yielding Up To 6%

If you're frustrated by the paltry 2% yield of the average stock in the S&P 500, you're not alone. Thankfully, you don't have to reach for yield by investing in unstable companies or engineer a complex options strategy just to get little extra income. Readers of my High-Yield Investing newsletter know that it's just a matter of knowing where to look.
These five stocks offer more than double the average yield of the U.S. equity market -- and have far outperformed it. The S&P 500, gained about 2% in 2011, including dividends, but these standouts actually delivered average total returns of 35.4% in the same 10 months.... more

4 Dividend Stocks Showing You the Money

Dividend checks continue to get fatter in Corporate America, as more companies jack up their distribution rates.
Readers of the Income Investor newsletter can certainly appreciate that kind of thinking. Let's take a closer look at some of the companies that inched their payouts higher this past week.
Let's start with Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) .
The services provider for the oil and gas industry is pumping up its quarterly dividend by 10% to $0.275 a share. The next morning Schlumberger posted quarterly results that found revenue and adjusted earnings soaring 20% and 28%, respectively.... more

Rising Dividends: My Dividend Growth Portfolio 2011-2012 Report

I yanked my head out of the sand the other day to see what is going on in the world. I finally finished the 2012 edition of Top 40 Dividend Growth Stocks for 2012. I've been buried in that effort since Halloween. I'm ready to write some articles. If I can find my napkins somewhere, I've got a bunch of good ideas scribbled down. At least they seemed good when I scribbled them. As many know, I maintain a public demonstration Dividend Growth Portfolio (DGP). I keep it out here in the open so that people can see how one person (me) executes a dividend growth strategy and what its results are. When I first got started in investing many years ago, I was appalled at how many predictions and recommendations were made, or flat performance claims ("I've averaged 14% returns for 26 years"), with no... more

5 'Must Own' Buy And Hold Dividend Stocks

We've identified 5 "must own" dividend stocks that can provide investors nice income for years to come. Vodafone (VOD) and Unilever (UN) are two European companies that have strong operations around the globe. Additionally, Mattel (MAT), General Mills (GIS), and Pfizer (PFE) are three solid American companies. Let's see what's been happening with these 5 stocks: Mattel, Inc. currently has a dividend yield of 3.30%. The stock has been moving sideways for some time now, although the company just received good news from Fortune. Mattel... more

Avoid Cyclical Dividend Growth Stocks

For my retirement strategy, I purchase dividend paying stocks with shareholder friendly managements, that can afford to raise dividends every year. I typically tend to focus on companies which have raised annual distributions every year for over one decade. I do however try to analyze the long-term dividend histories of companies I am researching, in order to determine if there are any past events which could forecast trouble for my income stream in the future. Utilities are notorious for raising distributions for one or two decades, before cutting or freezing them for several years. After that, it is pretty easy to start raising distributions again, and the company might even reach dividend achiever status once again, while early investors might be receiving less in distributions than a... more