It seems lately that the headlines are dominated by companies dropping their dividends such as Fifth Third (FITB) from $0.44 to $0.15, KeyCorp's (KEY) Board expressed its intention to reduce its dividend 50% to an annualized dividend of $0.75/share, FairPoint Communications (FRP) lowering their dividend 35% and Crystal River Capital (CRZ) cutting its dividend from $0.68 to $0.30. Not all the news is bad.
Consider the following companies that recently announced double-digit dividend increases:
Unfortunately, after running these companies through my [D4L-PreScreen.xls] model none of them warranted additional consideration. CAT was the closest with a NPV of MMA Differential of (621) .
On June 19, 2008, BB&T Corporation (BBT) stated that the company's capital levels remain strong and management anticipates "some increase in the cash dividend during 2008."
And finally, sometimes good news is found in maintaining the status quo. According to Bloomberg, Bank of America's (BAC) CEO told Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney the company's dividend was safe. With an effective yield between 8% and 9%, and trading less than book value, BAC could end up as one of the great steals of 2008. Time will tell.
At the time of this writing, I owned BAC and BBT.
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D4L,
I would not trust what mgmt says about BAC's dividend. Remember when Citi got Pandit last year and he reaffirmed that the dividend would not be cut.. Well come january cut the dividend was :-)
DUK just raised it's dividend 4.5%. Better than nothing.
DGI: I look forward to reviewing BAC's financials after this quarter. Last quarter they were still good. Unlike C, BAC still has a decent cash flow. Not saying they won't cut, but I would be mildly surprised.
Div Guy: Thanks I'll have to take a look at UL and DUK. Thanks.
Best Wishes,
D4L