Dividends

NextEra Energy stock's dividend jumped to $0.62 a share while its payout ratio settled at just 59.6%. Here's what that combination signals.

Dominion Energy stock's yield fell to 3.82% this month. TIKR's model still sees $93 ahead, but whose dividend policy gets you there is now the real question.

AEP Stock's payout ratio swung from 137% to 41% in a single year before settling at 60%, even as the quarterly dividend climbed to $0.95.

Dow raised its own guidance to $2.2 billion, but told investors the extra cash is going to debt, not the dividend, in the near term.

Lockheed Martin's payout ratio hit 225% last year. Today it sits at 55%. Here's what changed in between.

Kinder Morgan stock's payout ratio just fell to 67%, down from 111% less than two years ago. Here's why the dividend barely moved.

Kraft Heinz stock's payout ratio swung from 473% to -167% before settling near 59%. Here's what that means for the 6.5% yield.

BP's dividend has held at $0.08 every quarter since mid-2024, but its payout ratio just swung from negative 37% to 33% in one quarter.

Alphabet just raised its dividend 5% the same quarter free cash flow fell to $10.1 billion. Here's what the payout ratio says about it.

McDonald's payout ratio just climbed back to 60%. Here's what that means for a dividend that's risen every year since 2021.

VICI committed $1.2 billion in new capital last quarter. TIKR's model still sees 52% upside to $41 by 2031.

IBM's payout ratio spiked to 130% last quarter, yet the dividend hasn't moved from $1.68 in over a year. Here's what's really funding it.

Enbridge's payout ratio spiked past 351% in 2024 and still tops 100% today, even as the dividend keeps climbing on its 31-year streak record.

Procter & Gamble's $1.06 quarterly dividend just extended a 70-year raise streak, and the 64% payout ratio says there's still room underneath it.

Target's payout ratio just hit 66%, nearly 30 points above the 40% goal management set for itself, even as another raise is already planned.

Bank of America stock yields 2% near its one-year low, but the shrinking payout ratio says the dividend story is just warming up.

JPMorgan earned $16.5 billion last quarter and pays just 26.5% of earnings as a dividend yielding 1.8%. The payout ratio tells the fuller story.

3M's payout ratio jumped from 35% to 63% in a year, even as the quarterly dividend climbed to $0.78 after a management-confirmed 7% raise.

MPLX's payout ratio spiked to 120% in Q1 2026, yet management reaffirmed 12.5% distribution growth. The back-half ramp decides everything.

Home Depot's payout ratio dropped from 89% to 71% in one quarter while the dividend climbed to $2.33. The pressure is easing.

LyondellBasell's payout ratio hit -237% before the board slashed the dividend 50%, and the post-cut yield now sits at 5.2%.

Johnson & Johnson stock just raised its dividend again, but its yield fell to 2% as the payout ratio told a different story.

Broadcom's payout ratio just dropped from 67% to 33% in two quarters. Here's what that shift really reveals.

Enterprise Product Partners just logged its 28th straight year of distribution growth, but the stock's yield has slipped to 6.2% from 7.2%.

Costco's dividend just jumped to $1.47 a share, and the stock still trades $145 below its 52-week high. Here's the fuller picture.

UnitedHealth held its dividend at $2.21 through a wild earnings swing. TIKR's model says $712 is still reachable. Here's why.

The market treats Energy Transfer's flat dividend as ordinary, but the yield pullback tells a sharper story about the stock's range.

Chevron stock's dividend growth streak keeps growing. The pace behind it is quietly cooling, and the margin data explains why.