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This $22.5-Billion Oil Company Acquisition Could Pay Big Dividends for Investors

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ExxonMobil kicked off the current boom in mergers and acquisitions last year with its recently closed $60 billion deal for Pioneer Natural Resources. Rival Chevron followed with its acquisition of Hess , which it hopes to close in the coming months. A consolidation wave continues to wash over the oil patch.

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Cisco Bets Big on Cybersecurity With Its Splunk Acquisition -- Is the Stock a Buy?

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If the deal is approved, it will instantly shoot into the top-five largest software acquisitions ever. Dell acquired EMC for $67 billion in 2016. Numerous small tuck-in acquisitions have been key, and Cisco has done a bang-up job. If the merger were to take place today, Cisco would nearly double its $3.9

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Benford Exits Farmers Hen House with Sale to Butterfly’s Pete & Gerry’s Organics

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During its ownership term of Pasture Brands, Benford closed two add-on acquisitions with the buys of Iowa-based specialty egg supplier Yoder Farms in December 2021; and Pillars Yogurt , a Massachusetts-headquartered clean label drinkable yogurt brand in April 2024.

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Where Will Enbridge Be in 5 Years?

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That's evident by looking at its recent acquisitions and the expansion projects it has coming down the pipeline. The evolution of Enbridge Before 2016, Enbridge was primarily an oil pipeline company. Because of that, its liquids pipeline segment won't grow very much over the next five years unless the company makes a major acquisition.

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Here Are My Top 2 Dividend Stocks to Buy Now

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It has historically grown its adjusted FFO by around 5% per share through a combination of rent growth, property acquisitions, and corporate mergers with other REITs. The company's dividend payout ratio has fallen over the years because it has grown its FFO much faster than the dividend, namely at a 12% compound annual rate since 2016.

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1 Magnificent Dividend King Down 25% to Buy Right Now Near a Once-in-a-Decade Valuation

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Although management has over 800 merger and acquisition (M&A) targets in its pipeline, a larger dividend increase could be forthcoming if no deals go through.

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Time to Sell C3.ai Stock?

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Then, in 2016 it changed its name to C3 IoT to get in on the buzz around the Internet of Things. It went public shortly thereafter through a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) at a market cap of over $10 billion. It was only in 2019 that it changed its name to C3.ai