Travel rebound still fueling their dividends

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These two stocks continue to rebound on still-rising demand for travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. That should let them keep rewarding investors with higher dividends. TRAVEL + LEISURE CO. $54 is a buy. The company (New York symbol TNL; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 68.4 million; Market cap: $3.7 billion; Dividend yield: 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.travelandleisureco.com) is the world’s largest vacation-ownership and exchange company with over 270 timeshare resorts and 804,000 owners. With the March 2024 payment, Travel + Leisure increased your quarterly dividend by 11.1% to $0.50 a share from $0.45. The annual rate of $2.00 yields 3.7%. Travel + Leisure’s revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2024, rose 0.7%, to $993 million from $986 million a year earlier. Its Vacation Ownership segment, which accounts for 83% of its overall revenue, saw revenues increase by 2% in the quarter, partly offset by a 3% decline in Travel and Membership revenue. Excluding one-time items, earnings fell 2.7%, to…