Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending November 6

Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending November 6. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week Abengoa Yield (ABY): now $0.43 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.40. Amerisource Bergen Corp (ABC): now $0.34 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.29. Andersons (ANDE): now $0.155 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.14. Atmos Energy (ATO): now $0.42 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.39. Calavo Growers (CVGW): now $0.80 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.75. CDK Global (CDK): now $0.135 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.12. … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week November 5

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending November 5. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week AdvanSix (ASIX): now $0.125 per share quarterly dividend. Air Lease (AL): now $0.185 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.160. American Financial (AFG): now $4.00 per share special dividend, was $0.56. America Movil (AMX): now $0.197 per share dividend, was $0.177. AmerisourceBergen (ABC): now $0.46 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.44. APA (APA): now $0.125 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.0625. Arc Resources (AETUF): now CAD 0.10 … Read more

US Congress Is Getting Ready to Pass a Massive ~$2.2 Trillion Fiscal Stimulus Bill

Image Shown: US equities have started to recover some of their lost ground as the likelihood that the US Congress will pass a massive ~$2.2 trillion fiscal stimulus and emergency spending package, dubbed the CARES Act, has increased significantly over the past week as seen through the bounce in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY). President Trump has clearly indicated that he intends to sign such a bill into law as soon as possible, with the US House of Representatives expected to take up the legislation this upcoming Friday morning on March 27. By Callum Turcan On March 25, the US Senate worked late into the night to secure a bipartisan compromise on a massive ~$2.2 trillion fiscal stimulus … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending November 11

Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending November 11. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week AAON (AAON): now $0.13 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.11. Acadia Realty Trust (AKR): now $0.26 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25. AmerisourceBergen (ABC): now $0.365 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.34. Atmos Energy (ATO): now $0.45 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.42. Automatic Data Processing (ADP): now $0.57 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.53. BOK Financial (BOKF): now $0.44 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.43. … Read more

GoodRx Has Potential Capital Appreciation Upside But Long-Term Threats Loom

Image Source: GoodRx Holdings Inc – December 2020 IR Presentation Executive Summary: GoodRx Holdings Inc is a disrupter in the US pharmacy space, and the company went public in September 2020. The firm’s digitally-oriented prescription drug pricing platform generates strong normalized operating income and allows for an impressive cash flow profile. Supported by its pristine balance sheet, GoodRx has the financial firepower to expand into adjacent businesses to further extend its growth runway. While meaningful competitive threats are a concern, such as those posed by Amazon Inc entering the online pharmacy space, GoodRx has significant competitive advantages over its peers and benefits from the network effect. The company’s active monthly user base has grown at an impressive clip during the … Read more

VIDEO/TRANSCRIPT: 2021 Valuentum Exclusive Call: Inflation Is Good

Valuentum’s President Brian Michael Nelson, CFA, explains why investors should not fear inflation, why government agencies such as the Fed and Treasury are prioritizing something other than price discovery, why the 10-year Treasury rate is a must-watch metric, and why Valuentum prefers the moaty constituents in large cap growth due to their net cash rich balance sheets, tremendous free cash flow generating potential, and secular growth tailwinds. Transcript: << Valuentum’s Best Ideas On behalf of the Valuentum team, I’d like to present to you our prepared remarks for the Valuentum Exclusive conference call for 2021. It is both an honor and a privilege to share our team’s work with you, and I personally am very grateful for your continued interest … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of November 4

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending November 4. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week                Air Lease (AL): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.18. Amcor (AMCR): now $0.1225 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.1200. American Financial (AFG): now $2.00 per share special dividend, was $0.63. AmerisourceBergen (ABC): now $0.485 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.460. Arbor Realty Trust (ABR): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.39. ARC Resources (ARX:CA): now CAD 0.15 per share quarterly dividend, was … Read more

There Is Milk At The Store

This article first appeared in the September edition of the High Yield Dividend Newsletter. For more information about this publication, please see here. “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” — Winston Churchill By Brian Nelson, CFA Very few of us could have imagined that we’d witness the bull market that began on that fateful day in March 2009 that might very well mark a generational low. In 2009, major investment banks around the globe were struggling to survive, and the fallout in the mortgage markets left the banks holding paper that nobody wanted to own, let alone buy. The global financial system … Read more

8 Announcements and Top Research You May Have Missed

8 Announcements. This article was sent to members via email March 27. By Brian Nelson, CFA Hi everyone, Brian here. Trust you are doing great! Here are eight announcements I want you to be aware of: Everything we do is for our members. We’re very proud of the outperformance of the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio, that we’ve never had a dividend cut in the Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio, that our high-yield ideas are holding up very well, and the success rates of the Exclusive capital-appreciation ideas and short-idea considerations are running at approximately 80%. We’re proud to be your research partner. The odds of a Fed rate cut are going up as yield-curve inversion continues to threaten. The risks are more behavioral in … Read more