it is a measure of balance-sheet strength. The 75 highest-yielding stocks that pass the quality screen are included in the index, and constituents are weighted according to the total dividends ...

Investors often focus myopically on earnings, but a company's balance sheet — its financial strength, is also key.

Balance sheet highlights include a declining cash position offset by increased inventory, current and total assets, and increased shareholder ... The company amounts to a Dividend Aristocrat due to ...

Q3 2025 Management View CEO Bowen Diehl highlighted that pre-tax net investment income covered both the regular and supplemental dividends for the quarter, generating $0.64 per share. The Board ...

Verizon used the cash it retained to strengthen its balance sheet. It ended the year with a net leverage ratio of 2.3 times, down from 2.6 times at the end of 2023. That leverage level supports the ...