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May 19, 2025

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Key Dividend Hikes:

  • $FRME - First Merchants declares $0.36/share quarterly dividend, ~3% increase from prior dividend.

  • $GLPI - Gaming and Leisure Properties declares dividend, 2.6% increase from prior dividend.

  • $TAP - Molson Coors declares $0.47/share quarterly dividend, 6.8% increase from prior dividend.

  • $EMD - Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund declares $0.095/share dividend, 5.6% increase from prior dividend.

  • $CB - Chubb declares $0.97/share quarterly dividend, 6.6% increase from prior dividend.

  • $NC - NACCO declares $0.2525/share quarterly dividend, 11% increase from prior dividend.

  • $WMS - Advanced Drainage Systems declares $0.18/share quarterly dividend, 12.5% increase from prior dividend.

  • $IRT - Independence Realty Trust declares $0.17/share quarterly dividend, 6.3% increase from prior dividend.

  • $PAG - Penske Automotive declares $1.26/share quarterly dividend, 3.3% increase from prior dividend.

  • $TOWN - TowneBank declares $0.27/share quarterly dividend, 8% increase from prior dividend.

  • $ECF - Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund declares $0.16/share dividend, 23.1% increase from prior dividend.

  • $PPBN - Pinnacle Bankshares declares $0.26/share quarterly dividend, 4% increase from prior dividend.

  • $GRX - Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Trust declares $0.17/share dividend, 13.3% increase from prior dividend.

  • $CW - Curtiss-Wright declares $0.24/share quarterly dividend, ~14% increase from prior dividend.

  • $HY - Hyster-Yale Materials Handling declares $0.36/share quarterly dividend,

    2.9% increase from prior dividend.

  • $ADC - Agree Realty declares monthly dividend, 2.4% increase from prior dividend.

  • $RLI - RLI declares $0.16/share quarterly dividend, 6.7% increase from prior dividend.

  • $LSTR - Landstar System declares $0.40/share quarterly dividend, 11.1% increase from prior dividend.

  • $HNI - HNI Corporation declares $0.34/share quarterly dividend, 3% increase from prior dividend.

  • $GSL - Global Ship Lease declares $0.525/share quarterly dividend, 16.7% increase from prior dividend.

  • $DOLE - Dole declares $0.085/share quarterly dividend, 6.3% increase from prior dividend.

  • $CUPUF - Caribbean Utilities declares $0.190/share quarterly dividend, 2.7% increase from prior dividend.

  • $MUEL - Paul Mueller declares $0.30/share quarterly dividend, 30% increase from prior dividend.

Key Earnings Reports:

  • Walmart press release (NYSE:WMT):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.61 beats by $0.03. 🟢
    Revenue of $165.61B (flat Y/Y) misses by $10M. 🔴

  • Alibaba press release (NYSE:BABA):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.72 misses by $0.01. 🔴
    Revenue of $32.57B (-1.3% Y/Y) misses by $440M. 🔴

  • Cisco Systems press release (NASDAQ:CSCO):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.96 beats by $0.04. 🟢
    Revenue of $14.15B (-0.4% Y/Y) beats by $100M. 🟢

  • Deere & Company press release (NYSE:DE):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $6.64 beats by $1.08. 🟢
    Revenue of $11.17B (-15.4% Y/Y) beats by $380M. 🟢

  • Applied Materials press release (NASDAQ:AMAT):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.39 beats by $0.08. 🟢
    Revenue of $7.1B (+0.2% Y/Y) misses by $30M. 🔴

  • Sea Limited press release (NYSE:SE):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.91 beats by $0.10. 🟢
    Revenue of $4.84B (+22.8% Y/Y) misses by $70M. 🔴

  • Nu Holdings press release (NYSE:NU):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.11 misses by $0.01. 🔴
    Revenue of $3.25B (+14.8% Y/Y) beats by $420M. 🟢

  • Simon Property Group press release (NYSE:SPG):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.27 misses by $0.09. 🔴
    Revenue of $1.47B (+8.9% Y/Y) beats by $120M. 🟢

  • JD .com press release (NASDAQ:JD):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.16 beats by $0.19. 🟢
    Revenue of $41.48B (+3.8% Y/Y) beats by $1.53B. 🟢

  • Take-Two Interactive press release (NASDAQ:TTWO):
    Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.08 misses by $0.02. 🔴
    Revenue of $1.58B (+1.9% Y/Y) beats by $30M. 🟢

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52 Week Low Dividend Stocks:

  • $LLY - Eli Lilly and Company 💊

  • $PG - The Procter & Gamble Company 🧼

  • $UNH - UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 🏥

  • $MRK - Merck & Co., Inc. 💉

  • $PEP - PepsiCo, Inc. 🥤

  • $TMO - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 🔬

  • $BDX - Becton, Dickinson and Company 🧪

  • $GIS - General Mills, Inc. 🥣

  • $HUM - Humana Inc. 🏨

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

  • $WMG - Warner Music Group Corp. 🎵

  • $DKS - DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. 🏀

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