Are You Missing Out on These 2 Dividend Raises From Tech Sector Powerhouses?
With all the noise and debate about the current tariff war, you could be forgiven for missing a pair of important shareholder announcements from two tech sector titans. In a matter of only a few days recently, both Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) declared dividend raises. One of the companies even accompanied this with a new, jumbo-sized share buyback program.Here's more on the two lifts from the cornerstone stocks in the industry, and my take on whether they are buys with the enhanced payouts.Apple stormed into May with its fiscal second quarter earnings report, which contained a few sweeteners for its investors. First and foremost was that dividend raise; the company hiked its quarterly disbursement by $0.01 per share, or 4%, over its predecessor to $0.26. Continue reading
With all the noise and debate about the current tariff war, you could be forgiven for missing a pair of important shareholder announcements from two tech sector titans. In a matter of only a few days recently, both Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) declared dividend raises. One of the companies even accompanied this with a new, jumbo-sized share buyback program.
Here's more on the two lifts from the cornerstone stocks in the industry, and my take on whether they are buys with the enhanced payouts.
Apple stormed into May with its fiscal second quarter earnings report, which contained a few sweeteners for its investors. First and foremost was that dividend raise; the company hiked its quarterly disbursement by $0.01 per share, or 4%, over its predecessor to $0.26.
