“What is a Dividend King? A stock with 50 or more consecutive years of dividend increases.”—suredividend.com. The 53 Dividend Kings, screened as of August 6, represented 8 of 11 Morningstar Sectors. Broker-targeted top-ten net-gains ranged 9.36%-31.67% topped-by PPG, and Target. By yield, Altria tops-all. Top-ten August dogs: NFG, FRT, KVUE, FTS, UBSI, BKH, NWN, CDUAF, UVV, & MO averaged 4.92% in yield.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADM's (NYSE: ADM) Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of 50.0 cents per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on Sept. 11, 2024, to shareholders of record on Aug. 21, 2024. This is ADM's 371st consecutive quarterly payment, a record of more than 92 years of uninterrupted dividends. As of June 30, 2024, there were 478,050,028 shares of ADM common stock outstanding. About ADM ADM unlocks the power of nature to enrich the quality of life.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in innovative solutions from nature, was recently recognized as a winner of the 2024 Sustainability Leadership Award presented by the Business Intelligence Group. The Business Intelligence Group's Sustainability Awards program, now in its ninth year, recognizes companies, projects, people and products of all sizes across various industries. This year's program received submissions highlighting a global dedication to environmental respon.

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This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering large discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks. In addition to the primary list that yields about 3.6%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, with the goal of moderate to high yields.

The market is caught between excitement over Fed rate cuts and nervousness over weakening consumer trends, unemployment, and falling wage growth. I've been discussing the ongoing economic weakening, declining consumer spending power, and labor market struggles for months. I discuss my call for a 2024 recession, data on weakening consumer trends, the impact of Fed rate cuts on big tech, and a cautious buy list.

Archer Daniels (ADM) reports lower revenues year over year in second-quarter 2024 owing to a decline in sales across its segments.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 30, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Megan Britt - Vice President of Investor Relations Juan Luciano - Chairman, CEO & President Ismael Roig - Senior VP & Interim CFO Conference Call Participants Andrew Strelzik - BMO Tom Palmer - Citi Heather Jones - Heather Jones Research Adam Samuelson - Goldman Sachs Ben Theurer - Barclays Manav Gupta - UBS Salvator Tiano - Bank of America Dushyant Ailani - Jefferies Steven Haynes - Morgan Stanley Operator Good morning and welcome to ADM's Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on listen-only mode to prevent any background noise.

The headline numbers for ADM (ADM) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended June 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.03 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.23 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.89 per share a year ago.

Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s stock ADM, -1.06% was down1.3% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the food-production and ethanol giant reported a lower second-quarter profit and missed analyst estimates for adjusted net income and revenue. ADM said its second-quarter profit fell to $486 million, or 98 cents a share, from $927 million, or $1.30 a share in the year-ago quarter.

Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of ADM (ADM) for the quarter ended June 2024 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.