dividend
A dividend is a cash payout that serves as a way for companies to share the profits they’ve accumulated through their operations. These payouts are drawn from earnings and cash flow paid to the shareholders of the company. Commonly these dividends are paid quarterly, although they may also be paid annually or even monthly as well. A dividend can produce as much as a quarter of your total return over long periods. Some good companies reinvest profits instead of paying a dividend. But fraudulent and failing companies hardly ever pay a dividend. So if you only buy stocks that pay dividends, you’ll automatically stay out of almost all the market’s worst stocks. For a true measure of stability, focus on companies that have maintained or raised their dividends during recessions and stock market downturns. These firms leave themselves enough room to handle periods of earnings volatility. By continually rewarding investors, and retaining enough cash to finance their businesses, they provide an attractive mix of safety, income and growth. Dividends are an important contributor to your long-term gains, and dividend-paying stocks tend to expose you to less risk than non-dividend-payers. That’s why the majority of your stocks should be dividend-payers at all times. As you get older and closer to retirement, you should raise the proportion of dividend-paying stocks in your portfolio, to cut risk and improve the stability of your investment results. To maximize your investment returns with the least risk, follow TSI Network and use our three-part Successful Investor strategy:
- Invest mainly in well-established companies;
- Spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer; Finance; Utilities);
- Downplay or avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight.
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With the May 2025 payment, Procter raised your quarterly dividend by 5.0%, to $1.0568 a share from $1.0065....
POWER CORP. OF CANADA $54 is a buy. The conglomerate (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 642.7 million; Market cap: $34.7 billion; Dividend yield: 4.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) holds controlling stakes in Canadian financial services firms Great-West and IGM....
The company last raised your quarterly dividend by 66.7% in December 2019....
PEPSICO INC. $128 is a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol PEP; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $179.2 billion; Dividend yield: 4.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pepsico.com) is the world’s second-largest soft-drink maker after Coca-Cola....
These two leading foodmakers face a variety of challenges, including tariffs, increased competition from generic brands and new bans on certain food additives. Even so, both have a long history of adapting to changing consumer tastes and other factors. That will let them maintain their current dividends.
GENERAL MILLS INC....
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $176 is a buy. Canada’s largest bank (Toronto symbol RY; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $246.4 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.rbc.com) will raise your quarterly dividend by 4.1% with the August 2025 payment....
Peller last raised your quarterly dividend by 10% with the July 2021 payment....
CALIAN GROUP LTD....