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Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending May 17

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending May 17. 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 Adams Resources (AE): now $0.24 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.22. Business First Bancshares (BFST): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.08. Chubb (CB): now $0.75 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.73. CoreSite Realty (COR): now $1.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.03. Curtiss-Wright (CW): now $0.17 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15. Extended Stay America (STAY): now $0.23 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.22. … Read more

Latest Channel Checks at Malls…Scary

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We know malls come and go, and location is everything, but our latest visit to a few malls in the Chicagoland area leave us scratching our heads in a big way. One was eerily empty. By Brian Nelson, CFA A small sample set is never one to extrapolate, but our latest checks of malls in the northwest Chicagoland area came up a little surprising. We’re not sounding the alarm bells just yet, but we think some caution is in order for the largest mall REITs, including Tanger Factory (SKT), Macerich (MAC), Simon Property (SPG) and Taubman (TCO). Something just wasn’t quite right on our latest visit, and we attribute it primarily to failing anchor department stores, namely Carson Pirie Scott … Read more

Digital Realty 2019 Guidance Indicative of Datacenter Pricing Trends

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Image shown: Digital Realty’s top 20 customers by annualized base rent. Source: Digital Realty investor presentation. Digital Realty expects weakness in rental rates on renewal leases on a cash basis in 2019, which is indicative of negotiating power held by large cloud operators, but the REIT expects top-line growth to continue thanks in part to ongoing growth in leasing volume. By Kris Rosemann Shares of simulated Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio idea Digital Realty Trust (DLR) faced selling pressure following the release of its 2019 guidance January 9. The update revealed expectations for a high-single-digit decline in rental rates on renewal leases on a cash basis and core funds from operations (FFO) guidance of $6.60-$6.70, the latter of which came in … Read more

Valuentum Stock Screeners

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This article was sent to members via email December 29. That email can be accessed at the link that follows this article. By Brian Nelson, CFA Hi everyone, I wanted to provide an update with respect to Valuentum’s stock screeners. We believe our stock screeners are among the most robust when it comes to providing forward-looking data, or data that is important with respect to the investment decision-making process. We publish screens in each of the monthly newsletters, but we also provide a basic weekly screener for download on the left column of the website, “Download Weekly Stock Screener (xls) — login required.”   We also have other products. The more robust DataScreener, for example, is part of the quarterly Financial … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending December 28

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending December 28. 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 Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE): now $0.31 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.29. Axis Capital Holdings (AXS): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.39. CoreSite Realty (COR): now $1.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.03. Edison (EIX): now $0.6125 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.605. FMC (FMC): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.165. Firms Lowering Their Dividends This Week Pacific Coast Oil Trust … Read more

Market Mayhem — Alerts for Members

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During these extremely volatile times, it’s important to stay focused. On December 15, we informed all of our members to “Pay Attention.” Shortly thereafter, we notified members of the potential for a stock market technical breakdown. This morning, we offered a pre-market briefing about the importance of thinking about portfolio protection. For Best Ideas Newsletter and Dividend Growth Newsletter members: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?preview=true&m=1110817109903&ca=e2406cd6-c113-4344-8731-493f33fc44a4&id=preview For High Yield Dividend Newsletter members: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?preview=true&m=1110817109903&ca=b3ba530f-38b3-489a-ac96-2961dca89c6b&id=preview For Exclusive members: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?preview=true&m=1110817109903&ca=ba6d90c0-4433-48b2-9b8a-aac4ddf9006e&id=preview We’re here for any questions. Please just let us know how we can help! Kind regards, Brian Nelson, CFA  brian@valuentum.com

Valuentum’s Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Distribution

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The weighted average cost of capital is one of the most subjective measures in corporate finance, but it is also one of the most important ones. “The most important item over time in valuation is obviously interest rates…If interest rates are destined to be at low levels…It makes any stream of earnings from investments worth more money. The bogey is always what government bonds yield….Any investment is worth all the cash you’re going to get out between now and judgment day discounted back. The discounting back is affected by whether you choose interests rates like those of Japan or interest rates like those we had in 1982…When we had 15 percent short-term rates in 1982, it was silly to pay … Read more

Digital Realty Remains Acquisitive, Well-Positioned

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Image shown: The performance of Digital Realty Trust’s stock since the beginning of 2016. The data center REIT continues to be on the acquisition hunt, and momentum in its business couldn’t be stronger, in our opinion. Its debt levels are elevated, but not unlike that of other REITs that are dependent on the external capital markets. We continue to like the strength of Digital Realty’s end market and think the REIT is fundamentally well-positioned to capture increased demand. By Brian Nelson, CFA On the heels of Digital Realty Trust’s (DLR) increased guidance for core funds from operations (FFO) for 2018 to the range of $6.50-$6.60 from $6.45-$6.60 when it reported first-quarter results in April, the REIT in mid-June issued $650 … Read more

Dividend Growth Still A Resilient Theme

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Rising interest rates may pose headwinds to yield-sensitive dividend payers, but we think dividend growth investing remains a resilient theme. We’re big fans of the concept of yield-on-cost, but close attention to valuations, free cash flow generation and balance-sheet health will remain critical. By Brian Nelson CFA We’re big fans of dividend growth investing. Identifying strong businesses that generate considerable free cash flow and have healthy balance sheets to cushion against their growing dividends is one of the key themes of the Dividend Growth Newsletter and its simulated portfolio. The concept of yield-on-cost is a very important one, too, and something that any dividend growth investor should be aware of. Scooping up a dividend-paying company that has a juicy dividend … Read more

Study: Valuentum’s Best Ideas Newsletter Portfolio

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