Understanding the history of dividend policies helps investors see why some companies pay steady dividends while others prefer to reinvest profits back into ...

Susan Dziubinski: I’m Susan Dziubinski, co-host of The Morning Filter podcast, and I’m sitting in for Morningstar DividendInvestor editor David Harrell for this month’s dividend stock video. In this ...

Given the recent sharp sell-off in many software companies' stocks as investors debate the impact AI (artificial intelligence) will have on them, it's a good time to revisit the idea of ...

Dividend King stocks are those that have over half a century of consecutive dividend increases on record. Kimberly-Clark (NASDAQ:KMB), Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT), and Stanley Black & ...

Retirement planning feels a lot different when you're no longer just trying to grow a balance on a screen. The question shifts from "How big can this get?" to "How do I turn this into money I can ...

A large-value stock is the stock of a large-cap company believed to be undervalued, offering potential high dividends and low P/E ratios as key characteristics.

Verizon increased its dividend for 20 years in a row and has a yield of over 6%. Chevron has a high yield of around 4% and has raised its dividend for 39 consecutive years. Both dividend stocks are ...

With market volatility at the top of many investors' minds, now might be an opportune time to shift toward a more defensive investment posture. Dividend stocks can be a safer bet during difficult ...

Realty Income (O) is a giant REIT offering a hefty 4.8% annual dividend yield. Healthpeak Properties (DOC), which specializes in healthcare-focused real estate, provides a nearly 7% annual yield to ...

Leaning into the AI data center boom is paying off for Dover Corp., one of the longest-tenured Dividend Kings. NextEra Energy's plans to capitalize on the "golden age of power demand" point to further ...

Coca-Cola, which receives a wide moat rating from Morningstar equity analysts, is a dividend king, having raised its per-share dividend every year for the past 63 years. The stock currently yields 2.8 ...

American States Water has the longest dividend growth streak on the market. T. Rowe Price has a higher dividend yield than American States Water and a low payout ratio to continue comfortably paying ...