The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat ETF (NOBL) underperformed SPY in 2025, gaining 7.2% versus SPY's 18.42%. Despite average underperformance, select Aristocrats like CAH (+74.18%), ALB (+66.90%), and CHRW (+61.22%) delivered strong double-digit returns. Dividend growth for the Aristocrats slowed to 5.52% in 2025, down from 5.78% in 2024, with 68 of 69 raising payouts.
Dividend Kings underperformed SPY in 2025, up 4.47% vs. SPY's 17.7%, but select Kings outperformed the index. Twenty-two Dividend Kings are identified as both potentially undervalued and offering long-term expected annualized returns of at least 10%. Dividend growth for the Kings remains subdued at 5.81% for 2025, trailing the 2024 rate of 6.32%.
Stanley Black & Decker is on course to witness a second calendar year of negative returns, while also underperforming its industrial and broader peers from the S&P 500. SWK is not yet flourishing, as conditions in its key end markets look mixed, particularly the residential construction markets. Yet, SWK's margin expansion is on track, with gross margins expected to reach 35% by end of next yea...
Shares of Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) jumped Monday after the company announced an agreement to sell its Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing business to aircraft metal components manufacturer Howmet Aerospace (HWM) for $1.8 billion in cash.
Tooling giant Stanley Black & Decker is selling its aerospace unit to Howmet Aerospace. The non-core asset sale is expected to raise $1.8 billion in cash.
Acquisition valued at approximately $1.8 billion and strengthens Howmet Aerospace's portfolio of high-tech, mission-critical aerospace fastening solutions All-cash transaction deepens exposure to key aerospace and defense platforms PITTSBURGH , Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Consolidated Aeros...
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. , Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing ("CAM") business to Howmet Aerospace for $1.8 billion in cash.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. , Dec. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) will broadcast its fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings webcast on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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