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Oct 15, 2025
Key Comments from the Banks This Earnings Season
Image: The banks continue to perform well. Let's read through key comments from banking executives this earnings season.
Oct 5, 2025
Nike Has Posted 23 Consecutive Years of Increasing Dividend Payouts
Image Source: TradingView. During the first quarter of fiscal 2026, Nike returned $714 million to shareholders, consisting of dividends of $591 million, up 6% from the prior year, and share repurchases of $123 million. Nike has repurchased 124.4 million shares under its $18 billion program approved by the board in June 2022 for a total of approximately $12.1 billion. At the end of the quarter, inventories at Nike were $8.1 billion, down 2% compared to the prior year, while cash and short-term investments were $8.6 billion, down approximately $1.7 billion from last year. Nike continues to face pressure in its footwear division, though apparel sales were strong in the quarter. Footwear revenue fell 12% on a constant currency basis in China. Looking to the fiscal second quarter, revenues are expected to be down low single digits, while gross margins are expected to fall 300-375 basis points, including a net headwind of 175 basis points from tariffs.
Sep 25, 2025
Starbucks’ Turnaround Continues
Image Source: TradingView. During the fiscal third quarter, Starbucks opened 308 net new stores, ending the period with 41,097 stores. The company ended the quarter with 17,230 stores in the U.S. and 7,828 in China. Consolidated net revenues beat expectations in the quarter, increasing 4%, to $9.5 billion, or a 3% increase on a constant currency basis. Its non-GAAP operating margin, however, contracted 660 basis points, to 10.1%. Non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.50 declined 46% over the prior year and missed expectations. The coffee giant ended the quarter with $17.3 billion in short- and long-term debt and $4.7 billion in cash and investments. Starbucks’ global same store sales have now fallen for six consecutive quarters, but we expect improvement as the company heads into fiscal 2026. Shares yield 2.9% at the time of this writing.
Sep 20, 2025
Realty Income’s Dividend Remains on Solid Ground
Image Source: Realty Income. In June 2025, Realty Income announced its 111th consecutive quarterly dividend increase and its 131st increase since it was listed on the NYSE. The amount of monthly dividends paid per share increased 3.7% in the quarter, to $0.806, representing roughly 76.8% of its adjusted diluted AFFO. As of June 30, Realty Income had $5.1 billion of liquidity, including cash and cash equivalents of $800.4 million, while net debt stood at $28.5 billion. Looking to 2025, the company lowered its guidance for net income per share, but it increased the low end of AFFO per share to the range of $4.24-$4.28 from $4.22-$4.28 previously. Investment volume was increased to approximately $5 billion, up from $4 billion previously. Realty Income’s dividend remains on solid ground, and the REIT yields 5.5% at the time of this writing.
Sep 8, 2025
Tesla’s Second Quarter Results Weren’t Great
Image Source: Tesla. Tesla’s cash flow from operating activities was $2.54 billion in the quarter, while it spent $2.4 billion in capex, resulting in free cash flow of $146 million. Its cash and investment balance was up 20% from last year, to $36.8 billion. All things considered, Tesla’s second quarter results weren’t great. The company experienced a decline in vehicle deliveries, lower regulatory credit revenue, reduced vehicle pricing, and a decline in Energy Generation and Storage revenue due to lower average sales prices. Meanwhile, operating income was impacted from higher operating expenses driven by AI and other R&D projects. We remain on the sidelines.
Aug 21, 2025
Walmart Raises Outlook for Fiscal 2026
Image Source: Walmart. Looking ahead, Walmart issued guidance for the third quarter, with net sales expected to increase 3.75%-4.75% and operating income to increase 3%-6%. For fiscal 2026, the company raised its outlook for net sales growth to the range of 3.75%-4.75% (was 3%-4%) and adjusted earnings per share in the range of $2.52-$2.62 (was $2.50-$2.60) versus the $2.62 consensus mark. Walmart’s guidance for adjusted operating income growth of 3.5%-5.5% remained unchanged. We liked the guidance revisions at Walmart, but we remain cautious on the tariff impact on its business given an unchanged adjusted operating income growth target, despite a better top-line view. The high end of our fair value range stands at $113 per share.
Aug 15, 2025
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of August 15
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.
Aug 13, 2025
McDonald’s Returns to Positive Comparable Sales Growth
Image Source: Valuentum. Looking to all of 2025, McDonald’s is targeting a full year adjusted operating margin in the mid-to-high 40% range, above the 46.3% adjusted operating margin in 2024. McDonald’s remains on pace to open approximately 2,200 restaurants globally this year (1,800 net). We liked McDonald’s return to positive comp growth in the second quarter, but we no longer include the idea in any newsletter portfolios.
Aug 5, 2025
Vertex Reports Strong Q2, Trial Setback Punishes Shares
Image Source: TradingView. Though the trial setback in pain management has sent shares of Vertex Pharma tumbling, we continue to like Vertex’s net cash rich balance sheet, cystic fibrosis franchise, its groundbreaking CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy and its novel non-opioid pain medicine. Shares remain a holding in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio. Our $445 per share fair value estimate remains unchanged at this time.
Aug 1, 2025
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of August 1
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.


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