Long-term dividend stocks can be a great vehicle for producing strong capital growth for your portfolio. This is a big reason behind the popularity of “dividend aristocrat” stocks, or stocks with a more than 25 year track record of dividend growth.Yet while some of the highest-quality dividend stocks out there have “dividend aristocrat,” or, in some cases, “dividend king” (50 years or more of consecutive dividend growth) status, names in either category aren’t the only long-term dividend names to consider.T ...

The appeal of finding the best dividend stocks will be a growing trend for decades to come. Investors often find themselves sacrificing income for growth, and that doesn’t always have to be the case. A unique class of dividend growth companies exists that can provide their shareholders with the best of both worlds.Identifying these dividend stocks is undoubtedly a challenging task. Therefore, investors must find the sweet spot in investing in companies that can compound their dividend per share year after y ...

Carlos Rodriguez to continue as member of ADP Board of Directors ROSELAND, N.J., Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ADP, a leading global technology company providing human capital management (HCM) solutions, announced today that its board of directors appointed Thomas J. Lynch as its independent, non-executive board chair to succeed Carlos A. Rodriguez as executive chair of the board, effective as of January 31, 2024.  Mr. Lynch has served as an independent director of the board since 2018. Mr. Rodriguez will c ...

ROSELAND, N.J., Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.40 per share payable April 1, 2024 to shareholders of record on March 8, 2024. About ADP (NASDAQ – ADP)Designing better ways to work through cutting-edge products, premium services and exceptional experiences that enable people to reach their full potential.  HR, Talent, Time Management, Benefits and Payroll.  Informed by data and designed for ...

Investors with an interest in Outsourcing stocks have likely encountered both Adecco SA (AHEXY) and Automatic Data Processing (ADP) . But which of these two stocks presents investors with the better value opportunity right now? Let's take a closer look.The best way to find great value stocks is to pair a strong Zacks Rank with an impressive grade in the Value category of our Style Scores system. The Zacks Rank favors stocks with strong earnings estimate revision trends, and our Style Scores highlight compan ...

Getting big returns from financial portfolios, whether through stocks, bonds, ETFs, other securities, or a combination of all, is an investor's dream. But for income investors, generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments is your primary focus.While cash flow can come from bond interest or interest from other types of investments, income investors hone in on dividends. A dividend is that coveted distribution of a company's earnings paid out to shareholders, and investors often view i ...

Mesut Dogan/iStock Editorial via Getty Images As a dividend growth investor, the overwhelming majority of the stocks I own in my portfolio are those with long histories of paying dividends. The reason for this is that companies with multiple decades of dividend growth have proven business models that work throughout all portions of the economic cycle. These companies must be highly profitable to be able to regularly grow the dividend. Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) is one such company as it has rais ...

Many dividend investors focus too much on a stock's current dividend yield. That can shortchange their returns.That's clear from the total returns generated by dividend stocks over the last half-century. While dividend payers have produced a 9.2% average annual return, according to data from Ned Davis Research and Hartford Funds, there's a huge disparity. Dividend growers and initiators have produced a 10.2% average annual total return, while companies with no change in their dividend policy have only deliv ...

JHVEPhoto My objective with this thesis is to highlight Automatic Data Processing's (NASDAQ:ADP) diversification strategy together with its ability to consistently hike dividends as positives for the stock going into 2024. On top, it has AI potential too, and trades at around $232 which is below its December 2022 high of $269.9 by over $36 as per the chart below. The price performance covers a three-year time horizon including 2022, when the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates at an unprecedentedly aggress ...

ADP (ADP 0.19%) is an elite dividend stock. The leading payroll and human capital management (HCM) solutions provider raised its payout for the 49th straight year in 2023. This year should be its 50th year of dividend growth, which would put it into the noble class of Dividend Kings.What's even more impressive about ADP is that it hasn't been making a habit of giving investors paltry annual raises to keep its streak alive. For example, it raised its payment by 12% last year. Add in its above-average dividen ...