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In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.
On Thursday, October 9th, Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend increase from $3.30 to $3.45 per share. The dividend is payable on December 30, 2025, to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2025. This represents a 4.55% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
LMT's board has also authorized the purchase of up to an additional $2 billion of Lockheed Martin common stock under its share repurchase program. With this increase, total authorization for future repurchases under the share repurchase program is approximately $9.1 billion.
At the current price of $501.25 (today's open), this increase will raise LMT's dividend yield to 2.75%.
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In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.
Wednesday, October 1st the Board of Directors of Bank OZK (OZK) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.44 to $0.45 per share, that’s payable October 21, 2025 to holders of record October 14, 2025. This represents a 2.27% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
This is a 9.75% increase over the dividend paid during the same time last year, Bank OZK raise dividends every quarter and have raised quarterly dividends for 61 quarters in a row.
At the current price of $51.66 (yesterday's close), this increase will raise OZK's dividend yield to 3.48%.
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In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.
On Wednesday, October 1st, Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend increase from $0.61 to $0.62 per share. The dividend is payable on November 28, 2025, to shareholders of record as of November 14, 2025. This represents a 1.64% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
“We remain committed to returning cash to our shareholders while balancing our investments in our long-term growth strategy,” said Cathy Smith, chief financial officer. “We continue to be pleased with the progress we are making in our Back to Starbucks initiatives and remain confident that the strategic actions we’re taking will drive sustainable long-term growth and healthier profitability.”
At the current price of $84.40 (yesterday's close), this increase will raise SBUX's dividend yield to 2.94%.
Welcome and thanks for reading!
In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.