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Fundamental data is updated weekly, as of the prior weekend. Please download the Full Report and Dividend Report for any changes.
May 3, 2019
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending May 3
Let's take a look at companies that raised/lowered their dividend this week.
May 3, 2019
Energy Earnings Roundup
Image Source: Exxon Mobil Corporation -- First quarter 2019 earnings presentation. 
May 2, 2019
Mortgage REITs Floundering, More Reports
In alphabetical order by company name: NLY, CAKE, CLX, CVS, EL, PBI, PSA, QCOM, O, SMG.
May 2, 2019
Occidental Petroleum, Backed by Buffett’s Financial Firepower, Makes a Go At Anadarko Petroleum in an Affront to Chevron
Image Source: Occidental Petroleum Corp -- IR presentation. The bidding war over Anadarko Petroleum is heating up with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway offering to invest $10.0 billion in a new 8% preferred issue from Occidental Petroleum, along with warrants to purchase up to 80 million shares of OXY at $62.50, if the energy company successfully acquires Anadarko. Occidental is bidding against Chevron because both firms want Anadarko’s Permian Basin acreage, but the leverage Occidental would take on the fund the deal would be extremely onerous in our view.
Apr 30, 2019
Top-Weighted Visa Leaps to Mid-$160s, More Earnings Reports
Image: Visa has been the top-weighted idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter for as long as we can remember. In December 2017, when we migrated to weighting ranges for ideas in the newsletter portfolio, the company's "weight" was 8.6%. The image above shows its performance relative to the S&P 500 since then. Source (pdf).
Apr 26, 2019
3M Plunges Toward Fair Value, More Earnings Reports
Several companies reported difficult earnings reports, including 3M, UPS, WWE, and Xilinx. No changes to the newsletter portfolios.
Apr 25, 2019
Norfolk Southern Impresses But Sustained Dividend Growth is Doubtful
While Norfolk Southern posted a solid first quarter earnings report and continued to showcase real operational improvement, an onerous net debt load combined with the long-term decline of coal in America puts its dividend growth trajectory in doubt.
Apr 24, 2019
Earnings Reports Flying In!
Earnings reports are flying in. We thought Air Products', Hasbro's, and Lockheed's quarterly updates were standouts.
Apr 23, 2019
Morgan Stanley’s Lumpy Performance Calls Into Question Durability of Earnings Stream
Image Source: reynermedia. If Morgan Stanley’s activities can collapse that quickly, as they did during the fourth-quarter of 2018 when the market swooned, it really calls into question the durability of the earnings stream for all of the global players.
Apr 22, 2019
PepsiCo Fights off Forex Headwinds as it Gets Ready to Take on Amazon
Image Source: PepsiCo Inc -- IR Presentation.As PepsiCo is trading at the upper end of our fair value estimate range and sports a good (but not stellar) dividend growth trajectory, we still prefer ideas in the simulated newsletter portfolios instead.


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