Carnival Corp (CCL) Declares $0.10 Quarterly Dividend; 1% Yield
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE: CCL) has announced that it has declared a dividend of $0.10 per share, $0.40 annualized. The dividend will be payable December 10, 2010, to shareholders of record as of November 19, 2010. Yield on the dividend is November 17, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.0%.... more
S&T Bancorp (STBA) Declares $0.15 Quarterly Dividend; 3.1% Yield
S&T Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: STBA) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per common share, $0.60 annualized. The dividend is payable November 24, 2010 to shareholders of record on October 29, 2010. The ex-dividend date is October 27, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.1%.... more
Shenandoah Telecom (SHEN) Increases Dividend 3.1% to $0.33; Yields 1.7%
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) (Nasdaq: SHEN) declared a cash dividend of $0.33 per share, a 3.13% increase over $0.32 for FY09. The dividend will be payable December 1, 2010, to shareholders of record on November 9, 2009. The ex-dividend date is November 5, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.7%.... more
Unitrin: Profitable Insurance Company Trading Under Tangible Book, Yields 3.6%
Insurance holding company Unitrin (UTR) is an attractive value play in the P&C insurance field, with strong prospects of increasing earnings and dividend payouts. At recent prices around 24.50, the company trades at a Price/Tangible Book of .85 and a TTM P/E of 7.1. Analysis reveals that management is winding down or fixing two under-performing segments, a process that can be expected to lead to improving earnings over the next year. The dividend yields 3.6% at today's price and the company has been buying back shares at below tangible book. I got the idea from one of my broker's (Schwab) website: they have an alphabetical rating system, it gives financials as a group an underperform, all financial subsectors other than insurance are D or F, insurance gets a C, many insurers get good... more
BlackRock Kelso Raising Equity Again; Will It Be Able to Maintain its Dividend?
At close of business on October 18, 2010, upper middle market Business Development Company ("BDC"), Blackrock Kelso (BKCC) announced its intention to issue another 6.9mn shares (including the underwriters over allotment), presumably just below the $12.69 closing price. That will bring around $80mn in new equity, or an extra 13% addition to the equity line on the balance sheet as measured at the last earnings report in June 2010.We have a few immediate thoughts:... more
Under the Hood: WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend Fund
Income investors certainly have plenty of options to choose from in the ETF arena and that's a good thing these days when its almost pointless to be involved with money markets and low-yielding bonds.... more
Dividends Matter More For ETF Investors
Two charts from the dshort.com website remind us how important dividends are to the long-term investor.click to enlarge... more
Three Dividend Stocks Living Above Their Means
No individual, family, government or publicly traded company can operate long if they are spending more than they earn. That holds true for dividend stocks as well. At eDividendStocks.com we strongly recommend dividend investing strategies, but proper research must be done when selecting dividend paying stocks. Not every stock can afford to pay a dividend. That’s ok and hopefully those companies are working to develop their business model so that they will have predictable cash flows in the future to sustain a dividend.... more
5 Small Telecom Stocks With Big Yields
In many cases, Telecom stocks can be a great way to catch a wave of increasing dividends. They have also become a great place to find uncharacteristically high yields. Many investors, well aware of the yields that AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) are offering, have been piling into these stocks, increasing the price and lowering the yield for new investors. However, below are a few telecom stocks not yet on the radar of many investors which may offer an overlooked opportunity.eep in mind these are small players and are not geographically diverse.Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (CNSL) provides communications services to both residential and commercial customers in Illinois, Texas and Pennsylvania. These services include local and long distance telephone, high-speed internet, Digital TV... more
12 Dividend Stocks for the Slow and Steady
We all want to learn the secret to success. Many get-rich-now infomercials have preyed on this desire while making the sellers wealthy at the expense of the buyers. I have good news for you, there really is a secret to success. And what is even better news is that the secret is not hard to discover. It has been right there in front of you all this time. Your parents likely taught it to you in the form of a fable. Let’s explore this secret to success a little more…... more