Microsoft Lifts Dividend 7.7% to $0.98, Extends 21-Year Growth Streak as Shares Slip
Microsoft raised its quarterly dividend 7.7% to $0.98, marking 21 straight years of annual increases, even as shares dropped nearly 2% on reports it…
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Supermicro Shares Fall 8.4% to $54.67 as Chip Sector Slides, Dividend Record Stays Thin
Super Micro Computer shares fell 8.36% to $54.67 on Oct 16 as AI hardware stocks sold off broadly. The company's dividend history remains limited to a single irregular payment, with no forward yield calculable from available data.
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Chimera Investment's Dividend Yield Tops 21% Following Cut, Among Highest Among Mortgage REITs
Chimera Investment Corporation's quarterly dividend sits at $0.45 per share, producing a yield above 21% after a prior reduction, as the mortgage REIT trades near the low end of its 52-week range.
Occidental Petroleum Raises Dividend 7.7% as 67% Payout Ratio Tests Durability
Occidental Petroleum raised its quarterly dividend 7.7% to $0.28 a share, yielding about 1.83%. With a payout ratio near 67% and a history of…
Northern Trust Lifts Dividend 10% to $0.88, Breaking From Years of Smaller Raises
Northern Trust Corporation raised its quarterly dividend 10% to $0.88 per share, a sharp jump from recent annual increases, though the yield stays…
UWM Holdings' Dividend Yield Tops 38% as Shares Slide Toward 52-Week Low
UWM Holdings' stock fell toward its 52-week low on Oct. 16, pushing its forward dividend yield to 38.10% and trailing yield to 28.57%. The payment…
Northwest Natural Raises Quarterly Dividend to $0.50, Extending 25 Year Increase Streak
Northwest Natural Holding Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share, up from $0.4925, marking a 25th straight year of increases. The…
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VersaBank Dividend Status Shifts to 'Reduced' as Shares Slide 3.4%
VersaBank's dividend status shifted to 'Reduced' as shares dropped 3.4% to $21.88. The yield remains a thin 0.32%, with a low payout ratio but a short growth streak and payment history, according to disclosed company data.
Shell Shares Near 52-Week High as Trailing Dividend Yield Holds Near 2.9%
Shell plc closed near its 52-week high of $104.69, pushing its trailing 12-month dividend yield to roughly 2.9% as the stock's wide annual range…
PBF Energy Shares Near $87 After 240% Rally From 52-Week Low, Yield Shrinks to 1.3%
PBF Energy shares trade near $87, about 240% above their 52-week low of $25.62, compressing the trailing dividend yield to roughly 1.3% despite…
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GE's Annualized Dividend Surges 147.9% Year-Over-Year, Yet Yield Holds at 0.58%
GE.TO's annualized dividend climbed 147.9% year-over-year to $0.231, but the stock still yields just 0.58%, a gap that traces back to the 2024 breakup of General Electric into three separate companies.
Albemarle Shares Down 56% From 52-Week High as Lithium Slump Keeps Dividend Yield Near 1.7%
Albemarle shares sit 56% below their 52-week high of $221 amid a prolonged lithium price slump, leaving the dividend yield near 1.7% and no current…
Rocket Companies Shares Slide to 52-Week Low as Dividend Yield Goes Uncalculated
Rocket Companies shares fell to a 52-week low of $10.53, down more than 55% from their high, as an irregular dividend cadence leaves both forward and…
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AGNC Investment Raises Quarterly Dividend, Yield Climbs to 8.69% as Treasury Yields Ease
AGNC Investment Corp. raised its quarterly dividend to $0.5358 per share, pushing its annualized yield to 8.69%. The increase comes as Treasury yields ease ahead of inflation data, a backdrop mortgage REIT investors typically watch closely…
Oracle Jumps 4.2% as Dividend Yield Holds Near 1.41%, Data Shows
Oracle shares climbed 4.2% while dividend yield data shows the payout at just 1.41%, down from 1.63% three months ago, driven entirely by price…
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Noble Corp's Payout Ratio Tops 215% as Quarterly Dividend Keeps Climbing
Noble Corporation's trailing twelve month payout ratio stands at 215.71% even as its quarterly dividend has grown, a mismatch between rising shareholder payments and lagging earnings that investors tracking dividend coverage may want to…
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Chord Energy's Dividend History Shows How E&P Payouts Rise and Fall With Oil Prices
Chord Energy's trailing dividend yield looks high, but its payment history shows steep year-over-year swings and no growth streak, a pattern typical of oil producers whose variable dividends track crude prices rather than climb steadily.
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Alcoa's Dividend Holds at 10 Cents a Share Even as Stock Trades Near 52-Week Low
Alcoa's stock trades near $41, about half its 52-week high of $84.38, while its quarterly dividend has held flat at $0.10 a share, illustrating how commodity producers manage payouts through cyclical swings rather than steady annual…
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Six Flags Dividend Goes Silent as Stock Trades 56% Below 52-Week High
Six Flags Entertainment (FUN) has not recorded a dividend payment since June 2024, and no forward or trailing yield can be calculated, while the stock trades 56% below its 52-week high of $27.37.
EMCOR Group Jumps Nearly 6% While Yield Thins Among Industrial Dividend Payers
EMCOR Group shares rose nearly 6%, the biggest move among dividend paying industrials tied to data center construction, even as its yield thinned to…
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Western Digital Shares Slide Nearly 7% as Dividend Status Flips to 'Reduced'
Western Digital shares fell nearly 7% as its dividend classification shifted to 'Reduced' following a sharp annual cut, even as AI memory demand boosted peer Micron, underscoring diverging fortunes within the data storage industry.
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Chimera Investment's Dividend More Than Doubles Over Past Year as Payout Rebuilding Continues
Chimera Investment Corporation's dividend has grown 108.1% over the past year to a current 8.99% yield, but payout ratio and payment history data show the mortgage REIT's rebuilding dividend remains a work in progress.
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Lineage's Quarterly Dividend Jumps 132.5% Year-Over-Year, Highlighting Post-IPO Payout Ramp
Lineage, Inc. raised its quarterly dividend to $0.5325, a 132.5% year-over-year increase, lifting its yield to 6.18%. The payout jump comes as the young industrial REIT, with just two years of dividend history, works to establish a track…
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Texas Instruments' Toronto CDR flags 298.7% dividend growth, but it's not real payout growth
Texas Instruments' Toronto-listed CDR shows one-year dividend growth of 298.7%, far outpacing the company's actual payout trend. The figure appears tied to how Canadian Depositary Receipts are structured, not a genuine change in dividend…
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FutureFuel's Dividend Falls 91% Year Over Year, Yield Slips Under 1%
FutureFuel Corp's dividend has dropped more than 90% year over year to $0.01 quarterly, pushing its yield to 0.78%. The specialty chemicals and biofuels maker now fails several durability checks tied to payout history and consistency.
Littelfuse Shares Jump Nearly 5% in Biggest Daily Move Among Dividend-Paying Industrial Tech Names
Littelfuse shares climbed 4.82% to $456.53, the largest single-day gain among dividend-paying industrial tech stocks tracked, amid a broader rally in…
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Fifth Third 'FITBI' Listing Shows 7.73% Yield Tagged as Common Stock, Raising Ticker Flag
A dividend research page for a ticker labeled FITBI shows a 7.73% yield tagged as Fifth Third Bancorp common stock, a classification that looks inconsistent with how the underlying shares trade and merits a second look from yield screeners.
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Xerox Dividend Falls 80% in a Year While Headline Yield Still Shows 3.31%
Xerox's dividend has fallen 80% year over year to a quarterly $0.025, even as its yield still reads 3.31%, a gap that highlights how headline yields can mask underlying payout cuts.
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Diana Shipping's Quarterly Dividend Falls 83% From Year Ago as Dry Bulk Rates Stay Weak
Diana Shipping's quarterly dividend has dropped 83% year over year to $0.01 a share, a decline that coincides with a prolonged soft patch in dry bulk freight markets, leaving the stock's current yield at 1.40%.
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Trinity Capital's Monthly Dividend Yields 11.6% Even After a Declared Cut
Trinity Capital's dividend carries an 11.6% yield despite a declared reduction, with a 120% trailing payout ratio and a low house rank score underscoring the risk embedded in high-yield business development company payouts.