Dividends

Google parent Alphabet, flush with cash will pay its first-ever dividend joining rival Meta and other tech titans such as Apple and Microsoft. The search giant will also continue its robust stock buyback efforts.

Facebook parent Meta is recording the biggest one-day jump in market value for a U.S. company after the tech giant announced it will pay its first quarterly dividend.

S&P 500 companies spent more than ever on dividends while some used share buybacks to reward investors.

Verizon's quarterly dividend of 65.25 cents per outstanding share will be payable on Nov. 1 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Oct. 7.

AT&T Inc. said it would roughly halve its dividend payout and divest itself of its WarnerMedia division through a spinoff that would give shareholders 0.24 share for each AT&T share they own, a move that would complete its retreat from the entertainment business.

Dick's Sporting Goods will reward shareholders with a special dividend following another record-setting quarter.

Global dividend payments could rebound by as much as 5% this year, a new report estimated on Monday, after the coronavirus caused the biggest slump in payouts since the financial crisis more than a decade ago.

The $4.4 billion payout, which will be made to shareholders of record as of Dec. 2, is the fourth special dividend issued by the board in the past eight years.

Foot Locker reported top- and bottom-line results that outpaced expectations while navigating COVID-19.

BP announced a $16.8 billion pre-tax loss and cut its dividend in half.

Comparable sales have shown improvement every week of this month, reaching the low single digits by July 25.

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Nation’s fourth-largest bank has cited weak earnings during the pandemic

The Fed's stress tests are adding some temporary 3Q restrictions so banks can remain healthy post the pandemic.

Target Corp.'s dividend hike is a rarity among retailers since the COVID-19 pandemic choked sales.

Periodic payouts are one of the ways publicly-traded companies share their profits with investors.

Expedia said conditions are improving as cancellations stabilized and lockdowns ease

The oil giant entered the downturn with a strong balance sheet, CEO Michael Wirth told Maria Bartiromo.

Exxon is slashing capital expenditures by 30 percent and cutting operating expenses by 15 percent in order to protect its 87-cent per share dividend. 

Chevron is cutting capital expenditures and lowering operating costs in order to keep its dividend.