Koss Corp. (KOSS) Releases FY08 and FY09 Restated Financials, To Pay $0.06 Quarterly Dividend

Koss Corporation (Nasdaq: KOSS) today released its restated earnings for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, and the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Koss also amended quarterly reports filed with the SEC to include financial statements that were omitted from the Company's previously filed reports for the quarters ended December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010. The restatements follow the Company's discovery in December 2009 of unauthorized transactions calculated to total $31.5 million made by Sujata Sachdeva, the Company's former V.P. Finance and Principal Accounting Officer. The Company subsequently learned that Ms. Sachdeva colluded with two other former employees of the accounting department in circumventing the Company's existing internal controls and operating... more

The 5 Best Dividend Stocks From the Last 3 Years

Since the end of 2007, investors have seen their portfolios decimated by market losses. During that time the Dow Jones index has fallen 25%, while the S&P 500 index has plunged 29%. Dividend investors have performed a little better, with the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats posting only a 13% decline during that time. However, most investors aren’t pleased with market losses, even if they are better than the overall market losses. Fortunately, investors that owned the following five companies have reaped the benefits of owning the best dividend stocks over the last three years. Ross Stores (ROST)Can you think of any stocks that have doubled in price since the end of 2007? High growth stocks like Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Chipotle (CMG) can’t make that claim. However, dividend stock... more

How to Find Low Risk Dividend Stocks

A stock with a high yield doesn’t mean much if the dividend is cut or eliminated, and the stock price declines significantly. Sometimes it is desirable to accept higher risk for a higher yield. Other times we may be accepting higher risk and are not being adequately compensated for the additional risk. What can we do to help gauge the risk of an individual stock?... more

Dream Stocks for Dividend Investors

Investors are always hunting for the next big stock -- the dream stock whose price increases several times over when the market finally discovers it. It's easy to look back and discover the 10 best stocks of the past decade. But I'm more interested in the tools that can help me evaluate tomorrow's greatest companies. Motley Fool CAPS offers a variety of resources to aid Fools in finding tomorrow's leaders. Our 165,000-member community is full of investors helping each other beat the market.... more

Ennis (EBF) Declares $0.155 Quarterly Dividend; 4% Yield

Ennis, Inc. (NYSE: EBF) announced today that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.155 per share on its common stock, or $0.62 annualized. The dividend is payable August 2, 2010 to shareholders of record on July 12, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 8, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4%.... more

Anworth Mortgage Asset (ANH) Cuts Dividend 7.4% to $0.25; 13.8% Yield

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (NYSE: ANH) announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.25 per share, or $1.00 annualized. The common stock dividend is payable on July 27, 2010 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on July 9, 2010. The ex-dividend date is july 7, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 13.8%.... more

Newcastle Investment (NCT) Will Not Pay Q210 Dividend

Newcastle Investment Corp. (NYSE: NCT) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected not to pay a common stock or preferred stock dividend for the second quarter of 2010. The Company decided to retain capital for liquidity, investment and working capital purposes.... more

Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) Declares $0.23 Quarterly Dividend; 3.8% Yield

Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDGE) declares a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share, or $0.92 annualized. The dividend will be payable on July 27, 2010 to shareholders of record as of July 13, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 9, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.8%.... more

Benchmarking Dividend Income

The investment returns of most fund managers are generally compared against a common benchmark. This provides for an objective evaluation of their performance over a period of time. A common benchmark for most mutual fund managers is the total returns of the S&P 500 index. This benchmark is also useful for comparison to dividend investors as well. For many long-term dividend investors however, income growth is very important as well. Thus having an increase or decrease in dividend incomes does not mean much, unless it is being compared to a common benchmark. While there have been several dividend indexes such as the Dividend Aristocrats and the Dividend Achievers, which have dividend ETFs that provide accurate information on dividend and price returns, these have not been around as much... more

General Mills Ups Dividend, Authorizes Share Repurchase

The Board of Directors of General Mills Inc. (GIS) announced a new share repurchase program and increase in dividend. General Mills received an authorization from its Board to repurchase about 100 million shares. The new program replaces the previous authorization approved in December 2006, and has no expiration date. During the first nine months of fiscal 2010, General Mills repurchased 5.5 million of the company's shares at a price of $58.49 per share.... more