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Top-Weighted Visa Leaps to Mid-$160s, More Earnings Reports

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Top-Weighted Visa Leaps to Mid-$160s, More Reports Image: Visa (V) has been the top-weighted idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter for as long as we can remember. In December 2017, when we migrated to weighting ranges for ideas in the newsletter portfolio, the company’s “weight” was 8.6%. The image above shows its performance relative to the S&P 500 (SPY) since then. Source (pdf). — In alphabetical order by ticker symbol: GOOG, LLY, GE, GM, IR, LL, MA, MCD, MRK, PFE, TXRH, WDC — Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL): Shares of Alphabet, the parent of Google, reported first-quarter performance April 29 that may have revealed weakness in the revenue story at the search giant. The miss was rather large on the top line during the quarter, but … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of February 23

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending February 23. 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                          ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. (ACAVF): now $0.16 per share dividend. Aker BP ASA (AKRBY): now $0.1738 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.1577. Allstate (ALL): now $0.92 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.89. AMERISAFE (ASMF): now $0.37 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.34. Analog Devices (ADI): now $0.92 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.86. Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH): now $0.205 per share quarterly dividend, was … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending February 24

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending February 24. 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 Albemarie (ALB): now $0.32 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.305. AllianceBernstein (AB): now $0.67 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.45. Ares Management (ARES): now $0.28 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20. Argo Group (AGII): now $0.27 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.22. Assured Guaranty (AGO): now $0.1425 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13. Autoliv (ALV): now $0.60 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.58. Bank of Hawaii … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending May 3

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending May 3. 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 Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX): now $0.165 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.145. American Campus Communities (ACC): now $0.47 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.46. Ames National Corporation (ATLO): now $0.24 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.23. Apple (AAPL): now $0.77 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.73. BP Midstream Partners (BPMP): now $0.3126 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.3015. Cal-Maine Foods (CALM): now $0.272 per share quarterly … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of 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                          A2A S.p.A. (AEMMY): now $0.3362 per share annual dividend, was $0.3202. Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS): now $0.16 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.14. AIXTRON SE (AIIXY): now $0.576 per share annual dividend, was $0.452. AMMO, Inc. 8.75% PFD SER A (POWWP): now $0.559 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.553. Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM): now $0.61 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.34. Assicurazioni Generali … Read more