Global professional services firm Accenture just signed an important deal with Nvidia.
Two of the biggest names in technology are joining forces to increase the adoption of artificial intelligence.
The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price.
The article highlights six companies with an average dividend increase of 9%, with RPM International achieving Dividend King status with a nearly 11% raise. My investment strategy focuses on buying, holding, and adding companies that consistently increase dividends and outperform benchmarks, using data from U.S. Dividend Champions and NASDAQ. All stocks have at least five fiscal years of dividend growth history and come from the U.S. Dividend Champions List.
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Accenture shows multiple Buy signals, including a post-earnings pop, MACD crossover, and Golden Cross, indicating strong bullish momentum. The stock appears on our daily “Surprises” report with fundamental and technical Buy signals, suggesting high demand and positive price action. Despite a weak SID score, technical indicators lead, showing improvement and potential for growth, justifying its addition to our Model Portfolio Watchlist.
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 3.4%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, with the goal of moderate to high yields.
John Sheehan, a popular Wells Fargo analyst, has identified a set of companies that he believes will do well over time. In particular, he identified companies with strong long-term earnings growth, strong management teams, and return on invested capital.
My strategy focuses on buying, holding, and adding companies that consistently increase dividends and outperform benchmarks, ensuring long-term portfolio success. This week's dividend increases an average 10.7%, with a median of 14.7%, featuring Verizon, Accenture, and Intuit. I use data from the "U.S. Dividend Champions" spreadsheet and NASDAQ to identify companies with at least five years of consistent dividend growth.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust posted a gain of 2.10% in September as it continues marching on in 2024. The Top 15 dividend growth stocks for October 2024 offer an average dividend yield of 1.05% and appear to be about 20% undervalued based on dividend yield theory.
Nvidia and Accenture team up to bring AI solutions to enterprises.
Nvidia (NVDA) shares will remain in the spotlight Thursday after CEO Jensen Huang said during a CNBC interview late yesterday that demand for the company's next generation Blackwell artificial intelligence (AI) chips is “insane.” The AI darling also announced an expanded partnership with IT consulting firm Accenture (ACN).