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1 Magnificent S&P 500 Dividend Stock Up 1,150% Since 2011 to Buy and Hold Forever

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Since its spinoff in 2011, Motorola has more than doubled the total returns of the S&P 500 index , consistently finding new highs time and time again. The beauty of this high FCF margin is that it arms management with excess cash to use on mergers and acquisitions (M&A). MSI Total Return Level data by YCharts.

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1 Unstoppable Multibagger Up 1,280% Since 2011 to Buy and Hold Forever

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Acquiring high-quality companies in adjacent, similar verticals to its existing business lines, Federal Signal has become a 13-bagger since 2011. However, as promising as the company's two biggest sub-segments are, Federal Signal isn't resting on its laurels, having made 11 acquisitions since 2016, expanding into new verticals as it goes.

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3 No-Brainer Dividend Stocks to Buy Right Now for Less Than $1,000

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It could grow even faster if it makes acquisitions. Powering those returns is the rapid growth in its core FFO per share (695% since 2011) and dividend (548% over the last decade). The REIT recently closed its needle-moving merger with Life Storage, forming the largest self-storage operator in the country. at present).

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3 Stocks That Haven't Been This Cheap in More Than 5 Years

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Grocery Outlet's stock was already trading off a bit from mid-2022 highs, but then it made a sizable acquisition in April 2024 that boosted investor worries. Spirit Airlines Share prices of low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines went over a cliff in January after a judge blocked its merger with JetBlue Airways. The company says it has $1.1

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3 Phenomenal Dividend Stocks to Buy in September and Hold Forever

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The renewable energy giant has grown its payout by at least 5% per year since its public listing in 2011. Mergers and acquisitions represent a major catalyst for Brookfield Renewable, and it has showcased its ability to secure needle-moving deals this year. There's a lot more dividend growth ahead.

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KKR Completes $1.6bn Acquisition of CIRCOR

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(“CIRCOR” or the “Company”), one of the world’s leading providers of mission critical flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defense markets, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition by investment affiliates of KKR for $56.00 Source: Business Wire Can’t stop reading?

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4 Dividend Stocks I'm Most Thankful I Owned This Year

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Broadcom had just increased its dividend by 12% right before I bought shares, which was its 12th straight year of dividend growth since the company initiated the payout in fiscal 2011. It just closed its acquisition of VMWare, which will accelerate the growth of its software business. billion deal earlier this year.