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Revisiting The Future For Dividends
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Published Tue, 01 May 2012 08:22:06 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
We weren't planning to revisit the future for the S&P 500's dividends quite so soon, but ExxonMobil's (XOM) move to boost their cash dividend payments per share by 21% to reclaim the title of being the S&P 500's biggest dividend payer forced our hand. But that wasn't the only big change, as oil-giant Chevron (CVX) also announced that it would boost its own cash dividend payments by 11%. Our first chart shows how the future for the amount of dividends expected to be paid out in the twelve months before the dividend futures contracts for indicated quarters end has changed as a result of ExxonMobil's and Chevron's announcements: images (click to enlarge) Unlike Apple (AAPL), who instantly became the second biggest payer of dividends in the S&P 500 index after AT&T (T) when the company announced it would reinstate its long dormant dividend payments, the combination of... Read more
Stock name ISIN Last trade P/E Earnings/Share Dividend/Share Dividend yield CHEVRON 
US1667641005 123.42 9.3 13.23 4.00 3.24 EXXON MOBIL
US30231G1022 91.76 9.2 9.81 2.52 2.75