This week sees 31 dividend increases, including three Dividend Kings: Genuine Parts, Commerce Bancshares, and Kimberly-Clark, showcasing impressive financial stability and growth. My investment strategy prioritizes companies with consistently rising dividends and outperforming benchmarks, aiming for long-term wealth accumulation and portfolio prosperity. I use data from the "U.S. Dividend Champ...
The Dividend Kings are outperforming the S&P 500 in 2025, up 4% YTD versus 1.39% for SPY. Ten Dividend Kings have already achieved double-digit returns, led by National Fuel Gas (+22.08%) and Abbott Laboratories (+20.71%). 2025 Dividend growth is looking promising, with ABM Industries and Walmart leading with 17.78% and 15.69% increases, respectively.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBSH) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.275 per share on the Company's common stock, which compares to the prior dividend of $0.257 as adjusted for the 5% stock dividend that was paid on December 18, 2024. This represents an increase in the quarterly dividend per share of 7% and m...
The Dividend Kings underperformed the broad U.S. equity market in 2024, achieving a 5.53% total return compared to the S&P 500's 24.89%. 2024 returns for the Dividend Kings were primarily driven by earnings growth and dividends, with the change in P/E ratio being a detractor. I breakdown the components of total return for each Dividend King by sector to gain insights into current valuation.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CommerceHealthcare® has released its sixth annual Healthcare Finance Trends and Insights Report. The report includes an in-depth analysis of research combined with practice experience and identifies high-impact trends for the healthcare industry in 2025. It captures the following themes across four planning sectors: Financial. Post-pandemic progress is poised ...
Commerce Bancshares grew its wealth management business in the fourth quarter after announcing new initiatives targeting that market. The Missouri-based regional bank holding company said in a fourth-quarter earnings highlights presentation released Wednesday (Jan. 22) that its gains in revenue diversification were bolstered by its growing wealth business.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Commerce Bancshares, Inc. announced earnings of $1.01 per share for the three months ended December 31, 2024, compared to $.79 per share in the same quarter last year and $1.01 per share in the third quarter of 2024. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2024 amounted to $136.1 million, compared to $109.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 and $138.0 million...
Only 11 Dividend Kings outperformed the S&P 500 during the last decade based on Total Return. 5 Dividend Kings earn the rank of "High Quality" based on my custom quantitative model. Using a variation of a truncated custom quality score could have generated a total return nearly double that of the S&P 500 during the last 9 years.
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