Hormel Foods has been in a slow-motion bear hug. The stock sits 22.8% below its 52-week high, and the trailing GAAP payout ratio looks ugly after a $234 million non-cash impairment and…
Alex Sirois Five Dividend Aristocrats with streaks ranging from 54 to 70 consecutive years of payout hikes are currently trading below Wall Street’s consensus price targets, and four of the five just beat their…
Wells Fargo’s chief agriculture economist Dr. Michael Swanson told Bloomberg Businessweek on May 29 that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound) will eventually match statins at roughly 90 million prescriptions, calling…
With incoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh facing a policy dilemma as core PCE pressures remain above 3% and prediction markets now price higher odds of a rate hike than a cut…
Consumer confidence is breaking down in a way investors have not seen in years. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index landed at 53.3 in March 2026, sitting below the 60 recessionary…
Investors love dividend stocks because they provide dependable passive income streams and an excellent opportunity for solid total return. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and distributions realized over time. In…
Market volatility has rattled portfolios in 2026, with broad indexes pulling back as slowing growth weigh on sentiment. When earned income feels fragile and savings accounts barely keep pace with inflation, dividend…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading lower this morning, as many on Wall Street feel the temporary ceasefire may be just that. But what a difference a day can make. After it…
Depending on who you ask, there is a chance we will get no interest rate cuts in 2026, or if we do, it’ll be just one. Inflation fueled by higher energy costs,…
Companies that have raised dividends for shareholders for 50 years or more are the kinds of investments passive income investors need to own. Dependability is crucial for individuals seeking to increase their…
Wall Street has gotten far more selective on AI stocks, but these AI stocks are still receiving the lion’s share of invested capital. Dividend Aristocrat stocks like PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP | PEP Price…
Companies that have raised dividends for shareholders for 50 years or more are the kinds of investments passive income investors need to own. Dependability is crucial for individuals seeking to increase their…
Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC | KHC Price Prediction), McCormick (NYSE:MKC), and Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) have all reported recent earnings into the same brutal consumer backdrop: University of Michigan sentiment sitting at 56.4, deep…
At 24/7 Wall St., we have closely followed dividend-paying stocks for over 15 years. With a growing audience of savvy Baby Boomers and retirees seeking safe income ideas that deliver more than…
Five of our favorite consumer staples stocks make sense now, as they offer solid upside potential and are Dividend Kings.
