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1 Magnificent S&P 500 Dividend Stock Down 12% to Buy After Its Recent Pullback

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Since spinning off from pharmaceutical juggernaut Pfizer in 2012, the company has grown its shareholders' initial investment by some sixfold, equating to an annualized total return of 17% over 12 years.

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1 Magnificent Dividend Stock That's Down 25% and Trading at a Once-in-a-Decade Valuation

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Diageo stock trades at a valuation it hasn't seen since 2012 (even including the crash in March 2020). Here's why now may be the time to invest in Diageo and its 2.7% And with its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 18, Diageo is near its decade-long low of 16 -- although its net income margin has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.

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Prediction: This Stock Will Become Warren Buffett's Next Coca-Cola

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In Buffett's 2021 shareholder letter, he referred to Tim Cook as Apple's "brilliant CEO" and praised his decision to repurchase Apple shares. Technology companies aren't known to pay out tremendous dividends since they invest a lot back into growth, so Apple's dividend isn't the biggest on the block.

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Illinois Tool Works Announces New CEO -- Here's How It Might Impact ITW's Future

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Shareholders will miss him after a highly successful tenure that resulted in a fundamental transformation of the company. I'll return to the enterprise strategy in a moment, but first, here's a look at just how much Santi's tenure improved operating margins and return on invested capital. in 2012 to $5.24

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Walt Disney (DIS) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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ESPN had a fantastic April in terms of total day viewership, the highest April since 2012. We still expect to generate over $8 billion in free cash flow this fiscal year and the shareholder return goals we've previously spoken about are also still very much on track. With a business with that profile, you invest in it.

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Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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The second item I wanted to cover is an update on our plans for the return of capital to shareholders. In the nine-year period from 2012 to 2020, we returned over $22 billion of capital to Las Vegas Sands shareholders in the form of dividends and repurchases, which was split roughly 80% dividends and 20% to share repurchases.

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Cognex (CGNX) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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After acquiring Moritex, we have sufficient capital to continue to support our organic growth objectives and M&A plans and for continuing to return capital to shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends. We are excited about the returns that this investment can deliver.