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Kinder Morgan’s Long-term Dividend Growth Prospects
Kinder Morgan (KMI) has had a rough four years, enduring a painful turnaround that included billions in asset sales (to pay down debt) and a 75% dividend cut in late 2015. As a result, income investors have had to endure a -50% total return during a time when the S&P 500 is up 60%. Recently, Kinder Morgan announced what it expects to be the last major asset sale of its turnaround effort, which it believes will allow it to return to some of the fastest and safest dividend growth in the midstream industry. Let's take a look at what dividend investors need to know, including how safe Kinder's dividend really is and what kind of income growth investors might be [...]
Is Southern Company’s Dividend Still Safe?
Southern Company’s (SO) stock has slumped 8% since August 7, a large decline over such a short period of time for any business, much less a regulated utility that's supposed to be a defensive holding. The stock’s 5.4% dividend yield now sits near its highest level since 2010, causing some investors to wonder if Southern Company’s impressive streak of paying uninterrupted dividends for more than 70 consecutive years could be coming to an end. Let’s take a look at why Southern Company’s stock has slumped and whether or not the utility’s dividend remains on solid ground. Nuclear Plant Construction Issues Resurface Southern Company last reported earnings on August 8. While the firm’s core utilities are performing well, driving adjusted earnings [...]
Omega Healthcare Investors: Turnaround Appears On Track But High Risks Remain
Despite years of deteriorating conditions in the skilled nursing facility (SNF) industry, Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), the nation's largest SNF REIT, was able to increase its dividend for 20 consecutive quarters. However, due to rising tenant distress, for 2018 management announced a major turnaround effort and froze the firm's quarterly dividend at its current 66 cents per share. Let's take a look at how Omega's turnaround is going, recent government healthcare policy updates, and management's expectations for the future. This should help provide Omega's shareholders with greater clarity regarding the safety of the REIT's high dividend. Omega Healthcare Turnaround Update At the start of the year, Omega announced that the bankruptcy of tenants such as Orianna (which leases 42 of [...]
Qualcomm’s Mega Merger Is Dead: What Dividend Investors Need To Know
Qualcomm (QCOM) has had an eventful two years to say the least. The company's main cash cow, chip licensing for smartphone manufacturers, has faced a customer revolt with both Apple (AAPL) and China's Huawei deciding to not to make royalty payments as they challenge the company in court over what they claim is predatory licensing agreements (Apple continues withholding $1 billion in royalties). Meanwhile, a slew of regulators all over the world have levied billions in fines against the company which it continues to appeal. And of course, Qualcomm's planned $44 billion acquisition of Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) was recently called off after a failed 21-month attempt to clear regulatory hurdles. Let's take a look at why the NXP [...]