@john - Because your individual needs vary drastically from the company you are investing in and you are impacting differently by the market compared your stocks. Income (cash) needs are different. Maybe you need more yield. Maybe you need less yield. Maybe your company ran up to a crazy P/E and mgmt is still buying shares when you could be dollar cost averaging into something else for diversification.. there are a million reasons.
Take one more step back. You're assuming the company (and accordingly, management) is the best decision maker of the owner's (shareholders) cash.
How can you discount the shareholders' opportunity/flexibility to spend that cash elsewhere (his company being his life) either by reinvestment in his other businesses (stocks) or himself? What if he is making a total return decision to take one dividend and deploy it better elsewhere?
Can Johnson & Johnson Maintain The Huge Jump Up In Price? [View article]
Or were you trying to say that since the company was paying less taxes, they would be more apt to use that savings towards cash dividends to investors? And that the 3-5% increase in projections was referring to your projections?
Can Johnson & Johnson Maintain The Huge Jump Up In Price? [View article]
"In summary, not only did J&J save a lot of money that would have to go to Uncle Sam in the form of taxes, but it also increased its dividend projections (3% to 5%) for the next 5 years. Investors like large stalwarts like Johnson and Johnson they can count on and the investing "season" is ripe for a company with increasing dividends. This is the reason the stock shot up so far. Now, can J&J maintain this growth or was the quick rise in stock a fluke that will back track here?"
Can you point to or link to management's decision to increase dividend projections?
Shares of Darden Restaurants (DRI) trade 2.5% lower after missing with its top-line in FQ4 and issuing FY13 same-restaurant sales estimates for its three biggest chains a shade below previously announced targets. The company upped its dividend payout to $0.50 a share, bringing DRI's yield up to 3.96%. [View news story]
"Given our ability to consistently generate strong cash flows, today we announced an increase in our dividend of $0.50 per share payable on August 1, 2012, to shareholders of record at July 10, 2012. We previously paid a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share or $1.72 per share on an annual basis. Based on the $0.50 quarterly dividend declaration, our indicated annual dividend is $2 per share, an increase of 16%. This equates to a payout ratio on a forward basis of approximately 50% based on the upper end of our fiscal 2013 diluted EPS expectation. We have increased our dividend by 100% over the last 3 years, which speaks to the consistent cash flow we generate and our intent to return more capital to shareholders through dividends." - Earnings Transcript
Went back and read the October 28, 2011 article you linked to in the article above which noted you do leverage a Roth IRA for investing, but is a limited portion of your portfolio due to contribution restrictions.
Would you focus more of your saving to a taxable account rather than a 401k (which you could rollover later to invest in dividend growth stocks, but would be subject to age limitations on distributions) because of the age requirements for qualified distributions associated with retirement accounts?
I think I read a long time ago that you focus your portfolio in a taxable account. Is that specifically because you feel that your ability to save, supported by your ability to invest in quality companies that increase their dividends at a significant rate will allow you to have a crossover point sooner in life than the anticipated distribution years for those who utilize tax-free accounts with age limitations for distributions?
Reading this article prompted me to think about those who leverage multiple account types. Assuming an investor is prudently saving for retirement via a 401k/Roth 401k in order to take advantage of a company match and tax free growth and a Roth IRA for tax free growth - how does that investor manage the end game? i.e. Knowing at some point when their passive income (across all accounts) is exceeding expenses...how will that investor best manage distributions? How do those who leverage multiple accounts think about the timing of their crossover point vs. the age limitations on those same accounts? What level of dividend income should be concentrated in a taxable account to prevent penalty rates from withdrawals on retirement accounts? Does the tax free growth counter the penalty rates and thus it's an irrelevant point? Does the crossover point fall after the age limitations for many investors anyway? Some rhetorical questions... but interested in how DGI handle this.
Dividend Contenders: 16 Increases Expected By The End Of July [View article]
I thought the last increase was 4/13/2011? Including that payment, there have been 5 payments of .48, no? With the 5th payment of .48 payable as of 6/10/12.
Dividend Contenders: 16 Increases Expected By The End Of July [View article]
Based on recent history (from their investor relations page), I would expect an increase announced a week from today - Wednesday, June 13, 2012. They historically announce the dividend the 2nd wednesday of June, and are due to report an increase.
The Most Successful Dividend Investors Of All Time [View article]
A portfolio of selective dividend growth stocks yielding 4% resulting in no capital appreciation...
-Assuming a consistent history of dividend increases where payout ratio is not rising, earnings would also need to increase...and if price wasn't tracking earnings, yield would be increasing (5%, 6%, 7%), and the investor may be looking at the investment as very undervalued, since as Chuck Carnevale has shown many times...all things equal, generally, market price follows earnings. The investor would need to determine if this high-yield is a red flag and may deploy new cash received via dividends elsewhere. But with earnings increasing, it's probably a case of severe undervaluation and the investor would benefit from reinvesting dividends, lowering cost basis (higher yield on cost). -If earnings weren't increasing (and market price was tracking earnings), it would likely not be a candidate for continued investing in a DGI portfolio, since the earnings prospects and payout ratio would be red flags. If earnings are flattening out, dividend growth rates are probably decreasing, another red flag.
The best businesses, those in the market of providing goods/services that are high in demand and thus create a huge moat, have the most consistent and reliable earnings. Because of this, they tend to be the best dividend growth investments because they can afford to reward shareholders with consistent, above-inflation raises each year via the dividend. Unless the market decides to start discounting those consistent earnings increases...price should track earnings resulting in TR as well. You can certainly watch your TR increase right alongside your DG as a DGI investor.
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2008 - 1.7%
2009 - 1.7%
2010 - 5%
2011 - 14.3%
2012 - 20.8%
V.F. Corporation: Dividend Stock Analysis [View article]
Negative. They've raised the dividend every year for the last 5 years. Always in the 4th qtr.
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How can you discount the shareholders' opportunity/flexibility to spend that cash elsewhere (his company being his life) either by reinvestment in his other businesses (stocks) or himself? What if he is making a total return decision to take one dividend and deploy it better elsewhere?
Can Johnson & Johnson Maintain The Huge Jump Up In Price? [View article]
Can Johnson & Johnson Maintain The Huge Jump Up In Price? [View article]
Can you point to or link to management's decision to increase dividend projections?
Blue-Chip Dividend Growth Stocks Today's Strong Option For Retirement Portfolios Part 2 [View article]
Shares of Darden Restaurants (DRI) trade 2.5% lower after missing with its top-line in FQ4 and issuing FY13 same-restaurant sales estimates for its three biggest chains a shade below previously announced targets. The company upped its dividend payout to $0.50 a share, bringing DRI's yield up to 3.96%. [View news story]
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Would you focus more of your saving to a taxable account rather than a 401k (which you could rollover later to invest in dividend growth stocks, but would be subject to age limitations on distributions) because of the age requirements for qualified distributions associated with retirement accounts?
My Dividend Crossover Point [View article]
Reading this article prompted me to think about those who leverage multiple account types. Assuming an investor is prudently saving for retirement via a 401k/Roth 401k in order to take advantage of a company match and tax free growth and a Roth IRA for tax free growth - how does that investor manage the end game? i.e. Knowing at some point when their passive income (across all accounts) is exceeding expenses...how will that investor best manage distributions? How do those who leverage multiple accounts think about the timing of their crossover point vs. the age limitations on those same accounts? What level of dividend income should be concentrated in a taxable account to prevent penalty rates from withdrawals on retirement accounts? Does the tax free growth counter the penalty rates and thus it's an irrelevant point? Does the crossover point fall after the age limitations for many investors anyway? Some rhetorical questions... but interested in how DGI handle this.
Dividend Contenders: 16 Increases Expected By The End Of July [View article]
04/11/2012 05/18/2012 06/10/2012 $0.48 U.S. Currency
02/06/2012 02/17/2012 03/10/2012 $0.48 U.S. Currency
10/12/2011 11/18/2011 12/10/2011 $0.48 U.S. Currency
06/08/2011 08/19/2011 09/10/2011 $0.48 U.S. Currency
04/13/2011 05/20/2011 06/10/2011 $0.48 U.S. Currency
02/07/2011 02/18/2011 03/10/2011 $0.425 U.S. Currency
10/13/2010 11/19/2010 12/10/2010 $0.425 U.S. Currency
06/09/2010 08/20/2010 09/10/2010 $0.425 U.S. Currency
04/14/2010 05/14/2010 06/10/2010 $0.425 U.S. Currency
02/08/2010 02/19/2010 03/10/2010 $0.425 U.S. Currency
Dividend Contenders: 16 Increases Expected By The End Of July [View article]
Dividend Contenders: 16 Increases Expected By The End Of July [View article]
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-Assuming a consistent history of dividend increases where payout ratio is not rising, earnings would also need to increase...and if price wasn't tracking earnings, yield would be increasing (5%, 6%, 7%), and the investor may be looking at the investment as very undervalued, since as Chuck Carnevale has shown many times...all things equal, generally, market price follows earnings. The investor would need to determine if this high-yield is a red flag and may deploy new cash received via dividends elsewhere. But with earnings increasing, it's probably a case of severe undervaluation and the investor would benefit from reinvesting dividends, lowering cost basis (higher yield on cost).
-If earnings weren't increasing (and market price was tracking earnings), it would likely not be a candidate for continued investing in a DGI portfolio, since the earnings prospects and payout ratio would be red flags. If earnings are flattening out, dividend growth rates are probably decreasing, another red flag.
The best businesses, those in the market of providing goods/services that are high in demand and thus create a huge moat, have the most consistent and reliable earnings. Because of this, they tend to be the best dividend growth investments because they can afford to reward shareholders with consistent, above-inflation raises each year via the dividend. Unless the market decides to start discounting those consistent earnings increases...price should track earnings resulting in TR as well. You can certainly watch your TR increase right alongside your DG as a DGI investor.