Companies should have a willingness and ability to pay shareholders a dividend. Real estate investment trust Realty Income has raised its payout steadily and yields 5.1%. Midstream energy company ...

The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF offers a higher dividend yield and shallower five-year drawdowns than the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF skews more heavily ...

Kimberly-Clark (KMB) paid $1,660M in dividends against $1,639M in free cash flow during 2025. Kimberly-Clark increased capex 80% to $1,38M for its largest transformation in 150-year history.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), said the largest public traded holder of bitcoin BTC $67,036.07 increased the dividend rate on its preferred stock, Stretch (STRC), by 25 basis ...

Dividend Kings underperformed SPY in 2025, averaging 4.91% total return versus SPY's 17.72%, though 14 Kings outperformed the index. 2026 began strongly for Dividend Kings, up 4.66% through January ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brett uses “second-level thinking” to find dividend stocks to buy. Dozens of companies are poised to raise their dividends over ...

Barely one in 1,000 stocks around the world reach Dividend King status by raising payouts for at least 50 years -- and it's even rarer for the dividend increases to beat inflation. These three ...

I recently dug into the pros and cons of dividend reinvestment. Readers of the article sent me questions about other dividend-related topics. Here are some of the most common questions I got: What ...

Bank of America is expecting an uptick in dividend payouts in 2026. Dividend growth has historically lagged the growth of earnings per share by about three quarters, said Savita Subramanian, the ...

Dividend Kings underperformed SPY in 2025, up 4.47% vs. SPY's 17.7%, but select Kings outperformed the index. Twenty-two Dividend Kings are identified as both potentially undervalued and offering long ...

On Wednesday, Dec. 17, President Donald Trump announced that one-time payments of $1,776 will be sent out to U.S. military service members. The checks, a part of what has been dubbed the "warrior ...

For retirees, dividend stocks can offer the best of both worlds. The most obvious is a steady income stream, one that often increases over time. The other is the potential for capital appreciation, ...