May Dividends Finally Begin

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May 05, 2025

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Key Dividend Hikes:

  • $CNO - CNO Financial declares $0.17/share quarterly dividend, ~6% increase from prior dividend of $0.16.

  • $RTX - RTX declares $0.63/share quarterly dividend, 7.9% increase from prior dividend of $0.584.

  • $EVR - Evercore declares $0.84/share quarterly dividend, 5% increase from prior dividend of $0.80.

  • $ACT - Enact Holdings declares $0.18/share quarterly dividend, 14% increase from prior dividend of $0.1579.

  • $POOL - Pool Corporation declares $1.10/share quarterly dividend, 4.2% increase from prior dividend of $1.055.

  • $KLAC - KLA Corp declares $1.55/share quarterly dividend, 11.8% increase from prior dividend of $1.386.

  • $AWK - American Water Works declares $0.765/share quarterly dividend, 8.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.707.

  • $GWW - W.W. Grainger declares $2.05/share quarterly dividend, 10% increase from prior dividend of $1.864.

  • $CP - Canadian Pacific Kansas City declares $0.228/share quarterly dividend, 20% increase from prior dividend of $0.19.

  • $GM - General Motors declares $0.12/share quarterly dividend, 25% increase from prior dividend of $0.096.

  • $IBM - IBM declares $1.68/share quarterly dividend, 0.6% increase from prior dividend of $1.67.

Key Earnings Reports:

  • Microsoft press release (NASDAQ:MSFT):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $3.46 beats by $0.24. 🟢
    Revenue of $70.07B (+2.4% Y/Y) beats by $1.63B. 🟢

  • Apple press release (NASDAQ:AAPL):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.65 beats by $0.02. 🟢
    Revenue of $95.36B (+0.9% Y/Y) beats by $0.82B. 🟢

  • Amazon press release (NASDAQ:AMZN):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.59 beats by $0.22. 🟢
    Revenue of $155.67B (+0.3% Y/Y) beats by $0.52B. 🟢

  • Meta Platforms press release (NASDAQ:META):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $6.43 beats by $1.20. 🟢
    Revenue of $42.31B (+2.3% Y/Y) beats by $0.97B. 🟢

  • Eli Lilly press release (NYSE:LLY):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $3.34 beats by $0.08. 🟢
    Revenue of $12.73B (+0.5% Y/Y) beats by $0.06B. 🟢

  • Visa press release (NYSE:V):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.76 beats by $0.08. 🟢
    Revenue of $9.59B (+0.4% Y/Y) beats by $0.04B. 🟢

  • Mastercard press release (NYSE:MA):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $3.73 beats by $0.15. 🟢
    Revenue of $7.3B (+2.4% Y/Y) beats by $0.17B. 🟢

  • Exxon Mobil press release (NYSE:XOM):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.76 beats by $0.01. 🟢
    Revenue of $83.13B (-3.7% Y/Y) misses by $3.22B. 🔴

  • Coca-Cola press release (NYSE:KO):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.73 beats by $0.02. 🟢
    Revenue of $11.22B (+0.5% Y/Y) beats by $0.06B. 🟢

  • Chevron press release (NYSE:CVX):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.18 beats by $0.02. 🟢
    Revenue of $47.61B (-1.3% Y/Y) misses by $0.64B. 🔴

  • McDonald's press release (NYSE:MCD):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.67 beats by $0.01. 🟢
    Revenue of $5.96B (-2.3% Y/Y) misses by $0.14B. 🔴

  • Booking Holdings press release (NASDAQ:BKNG):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $24.81 beats by $7.47. 🟢
    Revenue of $4.76B (+3.5% Y/Y) beats by $0.16B. 🟢

  • S&P Global press release (NYSE:SPGI):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $4.37 beats by $0.17. 🟢
    Revenue of $3.78B (+2.2% Y/Y) beats by $0.08B. 🟢

  • Qualcomm press release (NASDAQ:QCOM):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.85 beats by $0.03. 🟢
    Revenue of $10.84B (+1.9% Y/Y) beats by $0.2B. 🟢

  • Caterpillar press release (NYSE:CAT):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $4.25 misses by $0.10. 🔴
    Revenue of $14.25B (-3.2% Y/Y) misses by $0.47B. 🔴

  • Amgen press release (NASDAQ:AMGN):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $4.90 beats by $0.63. 🟢
    Revenue of $8.15B (+1.1% Y/Y) beats by $0.09B. 🟢

  • Stryker press release (NYSE:SYK):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.84 beats by $0.13. 🟢
    Revenue of $5.87B (+3.2% Y/Y) beats by $0.18B. 🟢

  • Pfizer press release (NYSE:PFE):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.92 beats by $0.25. 🟢
    Revenue of $13.71B (-1.5% Y/Y) misses by $0.21B. 🔴

  • Spotify press release (NYSE:SPOT):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.16 misses by $1.21. 🔴
    Revenue of $4.53B (-0.2% Y/Y) misses by $0.01B. 🔴

  • ADP press release (NASDAQ:ADP):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $3.06 beats by $0.09. 🟢
    Revenue of $5.55B (+1.1% Y/Y) beats by $0.06B. 🟢

  • American Tower press release (NYSE:AMT):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.04 misses by $0.56. 🔴
    Revenue of $2.56B (+0.8% Y/Y) beats by $0.02B. 🟢

  • KKR press release (NYSE:KKR):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.15 beats by $0.02. 🟢
    Revenue of $1.77B (+3.5% Y/Y) beats by $0.06B. 🟢

  • Altria press release (NYSE:MO):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.23 beats by $0.04. 🟢
    Revenue of $4.52B (-2.2% Y/Y) misses by $0.10B. 🔴

  • Starbucks press release (NASDAQ:SBUX):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.41 misses by $0.08. 🔴
    Revenue of $8.76B (-0.8% Y/Y) misses by $0.07B. 🔴

  • Waste Management press release (NYSE:WM):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.67 beats by $0.08. 🟢
    Revenue of $6.02B (-1.5% Y/Y) misses by $0.09B. 🔴

  • Cigna press release (NYSE:CI):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $6.74 beats by $0.39. 🟢
    Revenue of $65.45B (+8.7% Y/Y) beats by $5.25B. 🟢

  • Sherwin-Williams press release (NYSE:SHW):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.25 beats by $0.10. 🟢
    Revenue of $5.31B (-1.7% Y/Y) misses by $0.09B. 🔴

  • Mondelez press release (NASDAQ:MDLZ):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.74 beats by $0.09. 🟢
    Revenue of $9.31B (+0.0% Y/Y) in-line. 🟡

  • CVS Health press release (NYSE:CVS):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.25 beats by $0.55. 🟢
    Revenue of $94.59B (+1.0% Y/Y) beats by $0.91B. 🟢

  • UPS press release (NYSE:UPS):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.49 beats by $0.11. 🟢
    Revenue of $21.5B (+2.4% Y/Y) beats by $0.5B. 🟢

  • Airbnb press release (NASDAQ:ABNB):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.24 beats by $0.01. 🟢
    Revenue of $2.27B (+0.4% Y/Y) beats by $0.01B. 🟢

  • PayPal press release (NASDAQ:PYPL):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.33 beats by $0.17. 🟢
    Revenue of $7.79B (-0.8% Y/Y) misses by $0.06B. 🔴

Gold hitting record highs

The price of gold keeps heating up. If the record-breaking year of 2024 wasn't enough, gold hit a major historic 2025 milestone by crossing the $3,000/ounce threshold!

Here are 3 Key Reasons:

  1. Looming economic & political uncertainty

  2. Increasing central bank demand

  3. Rising National Debt - over $36 Trillion

So, could gold surge even higher?

According to a recent statement from Jeffrey Gundlach, famed American business man and investor… “Gold continues its bull market that we’ve been talking about for a couple of years, ever since it was down to $1,800.” He expects gold to reach $4,000/oz.

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52 Week Low Dividend Stocks:

  • $PG - The Procter & Gamble Company 🧼

  • $UNH - UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 🏥

  • $CVX - Chevron Corporation 🛢️

  • $PEP - PepsiCo, Inc. 🥤

  • $TMO - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 🔬

  • $NEE - NextEra Energy, Inc. ⚡

  • $UNP - Union Pacific Corporation 🚂

  • $CMCSA - Comcast Corporation 📺

  • $UPS - United Parcel Service 📦

  • $BDX - Becton, Dickinson and Company 🧪

  • $PCAR - PACCAR Inc 🚛

  • $SYY - Sysco Corporation 🥫

  • $GIS - General Mills, Inc. 🍞

  • $CHD - Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 🧴

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