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NetApp: High-Quality Dividend Growth Stock
2020-04-30
Introduction In today’s uncertain investing world, I believe it is extremely important to first and foremost focus on safety and quality. Since my primary investment focus is now on dividends and dividend growth, safety to me is primarily about valuation along with dividend coverage and predictability. Most long-term followers of mine know me as Mr. […]
Lowe’s Companies Inc. FAST Graphs Analysis
2020-04-28
Introduction Today I am going to take a look at Lowe’s through the lens of FAST Graphs. It’s a company that I’ve been really in love with for many, many years. As many of you know me as Mr. Valuation, I tend to be very, very disciplined about valuation. Lowe’s is a stock that I’ve […]
Meredith Update: Dividend Paused
2020-04-21
Introduction Meredith (MDP) surprised me with the recent announcement that they were going to “pause” their dividend – whatever that means. Frankly, I was surprised because the company had been guiding for strong cash flow both operating and free cash flow and EBITDA growth over the intermediate term future. So far, those consensus estimates have […]
Cardinal Health Update-A Dividend Aristocrat on Sale
2020-04-16
Introduction On November 22, 2017, I published an article titled: “Cardinal Health: A Dividend Aristocrat the Risk Is Already Priced In.” At that time, Cardinal Health (CAH) was trading at approximately $56 per share and was paying a dividend of $1.81 representing a dividend yield of about 3.1%. Of course, a lot has changed with […]
Raytheon and United Technologies Merger
2020-04-10
Introduction There recently has been a merger between Raytheon and United Technologies. The company is now Raytheon Technologies (RTX). When something like this happens, it kind of muddies up the history a little bit, although it doesn’t completely make the history irrelevant. Company Description Raytheon Technologies Corp. is an aerospace and defense company, which engages […]
Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’
2020-03-18
Introduction I do believe that investors need to be cognizant of the fact that what is happening today is not the norm with stock markets. Instead, I’d like to point out that the risk we are facing right now is what I call an event risk. This is something unforeseen that comes along every so […]