Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of September 5

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending September 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                          Brady (BRC): now $0.245 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.240. BrilliA Inc (BRIA): now $0.133 per share quarterly dividend. Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited PFD SHS SER G (FFH.PR.G:CA): now CAD 0.1852 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.1851. FFW (FFWC): now $0.31 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.30. MFA Financial Cum Red PFD Shares Series C (MFA.PR.C): now $0.6395 per share quarterly dividend, was … Read more

3 Undervalued Stocks to Consider Buying Now

Dear readers:   With the markets retracing most of their recent drawdown, we’re taking a victory lap as we didn’t panic, nor should have you. We highlighted our wait-and-see approach amidst the worst of the pullback, and we expect the Magnificent 7 (large cap growth and big cap tech) to continue to propel the markets higher, as they have done.   We’ve been busy rolling valuation models as we finetune our assumptions for a great number of companies under coverage. While doing so, we came across three undervalued stocks that are also included in the simulated newsletter portfolios. We think they’re prime for highlight.   The three stocks are UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Nvidia (NVDA) and Alphabet (GOOG). We spend a lot of time on discounted cash-flow valuation, … Read more

Earnings Roundup: NFLX, ASML, T, ABT

By Brian Nelson, CFA Netflix (NFLX) Lands WWE Raw and Puts Up Huge Streaming Paid Member Number Image: Netflix’s substantially improved free cash flow has made it a clear winner in the streaming wars. Image Source: Netflix. On January 23, Netflix reported mixed fourth-quarter results that showed a beat on the top line, but a bottom-line miss. The mixed performance, however, was overshadowed by a huge growth number in new global streaming paid memberships of 13.12 million during the quarter and a landmark $5 billion deal with TKO Group (TKO) to begin streaming WWE Raw exclusively on Netflix beginning in January 2025. 2023 was a banner year for Netflix. The company grew revenue 12% (up from 6% last year), pushed … Read more

There Will Be Volatility

By Brian Nelson, CFA Last year, 2022, was a big test for equity investors, and the downside volatility that we witnessed during the year wasn’t comfortable, to say the least. Following the COVID-19 crash and rebound during 2020, and then the market surge in 2021, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say many investors’ heads are probably still spinning from all the volatility witnessed to start this decade. That said, part of what we’ve been warning about the past few years with respect to the equity market, especially in Value Trap, is that the proliferation of price-agnostic trading (e.g. quant, machine/algorithmic trading, etc.) will only lead to more and more market volatility, so while we were somewhat surprised by last … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of September 15

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending September 15. 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                          Absa Group Limited (AGRPY): now $0.5518 per share dividend, was $0.5416. AGNC Investment Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (AGNCN): now $0.6676 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.6482. Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND:CA): now CAD 0.09 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.08. Brambles (BXBLY): now $0.26 per share dividend, was $0.22. China Resources Cement Holdings (CARCY): now $0.1364 per share dividend, was … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of February 28

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending February 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                          AerCap (AER): now $0.27 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25. Affinity Bancshares (AFBI): now $1.50 per share special dividend. Allstate (ALL): now $1.00 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.92. American Financial (AFG): now $2.00 per share special dividend, was $0.80. AMERISAFE (AMSF): now $0.39 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.37. Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD): now EUR 1.00 per share annual dividend, was EUR 0.82. Aura … Read more