North American packaging swung to $427 million in segment operating profit from a year-ago loss, and that turn carried the adjusted EPS beat. A non-cash goodwill writedown on the European business, set to separate as DS Smith plc, pushed the GAAP line to a loss.
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Western Union Yields 13.5%. Is This Dividend Stock a Trap?
The payout hasn't moved in years, yet the yield keeps climbing because investors keep dumping the stock. We tested three high-yield names on earnings, cash flow, and debt, and one of them…
How Much Passive Income $800,000 in Edison, International Paper, Altria and AT&T Pays Each Year
One of these four high-yield dividend payers earns less than it hands out, while another faces a wildfire liability nobody can price. Before you build a retirement paycheck around them, find out…
International Paper Yields 5.5%, but Free Cash Flow Just Turned Negative
International Paper's 5.5% yield looks attractive until you examine where the dividend money is actually coming from. With free cash flow negative and capital spending elevated for years ahead, the math behind…
A 30.9% Yield Looks Incredible. The Dividend Math Tells Another Story
Six industrial giants are selling off divisions while keeping payouts high, and the cash flow numbers behind those yields tell a very different story than the headline percentages suggest.
Wall Street Rarely Agrees, But It Just Did on These 5 Dividend Stocks Yielding 5% and More
Wall Street analysts almost never agree, but a rare consensus has formed around five dividend stocks yielding 5% or more that could anchor your passive income for years to come.
5 High-Yield Stocks Sacrificing Future Growth to Protect the Dividend
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What Happens to Your IP Dividend When the Split Closes
International Paper is splitting in two, and income investors are about to discover that their dividend does not simply follow them through the separation. What happens to the payout depends on decisions…
Here Are Friday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Atmos Energy, Celanese, Check Point Software, Chewy, Dell Technologies, Fortinet, Global Payments, HP, Shopify, and More
Markets are bracing for Friday's CPI data after a brutal week of selling across stocks, bonds, and crypto, and Wall Street analysts are already reshuffling their ratings on names like Dell, Shopify,…
4 Very Well-Known High-Yielding Stocks to Load the Boat on Now (2 Yield Over 6%)
While Wall Street obsesses over AI darlings, four familiar dividend stocks have quietly built yields as high as 6.8% and sit at entry points that income investors may soon regret ignoring.
Here Are Friday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Blackstone Mortgage, Boston Scientific, Edison International, Ford, GoDaddy, International Paper, Roblox, Saia, and More
After a week of wild swings that rattled portfolios and left investors guessing, Wall Street analysts are already reshuffling their ratings on Friday morning, with some surprising cuts and upgrades across sectors…
Here Are Tuesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Boston Scientific, Clorox, CrowdStrike, Exxon Mobil, Honeywell International, Intuit, Intuitive Surgical, Levi Strauss, and More
Wall Street analysts are busy reshuffling their ratings ahead of the Fed meeting, with surprise double-upgrades, dramatic target cuts, and fresh initiations spanning surgical robots to cybersecurity. Find out which names made…
Verizon Was Booted From the Dow – 5 Dividend Giants Got the Same Treatment and Eventually Soared
Getting kicked off the Dow Jones Industrial Average sounds like a death sentence for a stock, but a handful of booted dividend giants went on to reward patient shareholders with stunning gains…
Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Advanced Micro Devices, Airbnb, Alphabet, Check Point Software, GlobalFoundries, International Paper, Trade Desk, and More
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MERC vs IP: Paper and Packaging Giants Go Head-to-Head
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Here are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Baidu, Carvana, Exact Sciences, Ferrari, Marvell Technology, Meta Platforms and More
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