Investors looking for stocks with solid dividend yield, steady payouts during recessions, and dividend growth should consider stocks that have long histories of raising dividends every year.
There is a group of stocks known as the Dividend Kings that have increased their dividends for over 50 years.
Abbott Laboratories’ dividend payout ratio has never been above 50% throughout the last decade. Coupled with the fact that the company’s earnings-per-share did not decline during the last financial crisis – it actually continued to grow – Abbott Laboratories’ dividend looks very safe. Abbott is an attractive income stock.
Lowe’s reported second quarter 2023 results on August 22nd, 2023. Total sales for the second quarter came in at $25.0 billion compared to $27.5 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Comparable sales decreased 1.6% and net earnings declined 2.4% year-over-year to $4.56 per share. The company repurchased 10.1 million shares in the second quarter for $2.2 billion.
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