Gap (NYSE:
GPS) declares $0.23/share annual dividend,
4.5% increase from prior dividend of $0.22.
Forward yield
0.57%
Payable April 29; for shareholders of record April 8; ex-div April 6.
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I get these announcements from SA and this one is a bit messed up. The dividend did bump from .22 to .23 but that's quarterly ( rather than annually which the release states ). I have the new yield at
2.28%
Disappointing bump from my perspective. GPS scores pretty high by the metrics I value
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(02-26-2015, 04:12 PM)EricL Wrote: [ -> ]Loving my Ross Stores!
The Company announced that its Board of Directors recently approved a program to repurchase $1.4 billion of its common stock over the next two years through fiscal 2016. At recent stock prices, this new authorization represents about 7% of the Company's total market value and a 27% increase over the prior two-year $1.1 billion authorization that was completed in January 2015.
The Board also recently approved an increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $.235 per share, up 18% on top of an 18% increase in the prior year. This higher quarterly dividend is payable on March 31, 2015 to stockholders of record as of March 9, 2015.
With today's results, I'm almost back to where I was before selling some the other day.
TJX should be following along pretty soon barring some misstep they've kept hidden.
Great company, good business plan. Too bad the yield is so low. Reminds me of CL.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR), boosted its quarterly dividend by 2.40% to 85 cents/share.
Westar Energy, Inc. (WR), boosted its quarterly dividend by 2.90% to 36 cents/share.
Two fairly disappointing raises. Was expecting more from both of them.
Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) declares C$0.68/share quarterly dividend, 3% increase from prior dividend of $0.66.
Forward yield 4.07%
Payable April 28; for shareholders of record April 7; ex-div April 2.
GameStop Corp. (GME), a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a 9% increase of its regular annual cash dividend from $1.32 to $1.44 per share. The regular quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share will be payable on March 24, 2015 to all shareholders of record as of March 17, 2015.
The board of directors of General Dynamics (GD) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 69 cents per share on the company's common stock, payable May 8, 2015, to shareholders of record on April 10. The dividend represents an 11.3 percent increase from the previous quarterly dividend of 62 cents per share.
http://seekingalpha.com/pr/12729346-gene...s-dividend
Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has launched a $15B buyback program that will replace a prior program with $2.1B remaining. The company plans to buy back $10B worth of shares within 12 months, on top of a current commitment to return 75% of free cash flow to shareholders. At current levels, the new buyback is good for repurchasing ~1/8 of all outstanding shares.
The quarterly dividend has been hiked by $0.06 (14%) to $0.48/share; that's good for a 2.6% yield at current levels. It will be effective for dividends payable after March 25.
General Mills (NYSE: GIS) said today that the board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share, payable May 1, 2015, to shareholders of record April 10, 2015. This represents a 7 percent increase from the previous quarterly rate of $0.41 per share. Including the new May quarterly payment, General Mills (GIS) dividends per share in fiscal 2015 will total $1.67, up 8 percent from the annual dividend of $1.55 paid the previous fiscal year.
http://seekingalpha.com/pr/12786646-gene...d-increase
Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company, today announced its Board of Directors has declared an increase in the company’s common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.1895 per share from $0.189 per share. The dividend is payable on April 15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of April 1, 2015. This is the 80th dividend increase since Realty Income’s listing on the NYSE in 1994. The new monthly dividend amount represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.274 per share as compared to the previous annualized dividend amount of $2.268 per share.
http://www.realtyincome.com/pdfs/pr/3-10-15-DivIncr.pdf
Receiving no objection to its capital plan from the Fed, Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) intends to boost its quarterly dividend by 7% to $0.375 per share, and "continue our strong share repurchase activity."