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Buybacks & dividends

Every S&P 500 company that raised Buybacks & dividends in its filings, earnings calls, press releases or news coverage over the last 7 days — grouped by the canonical driver, so the same subject lines up across companies whatever each called it.

59 companies · 122 events · 46 negative · 13 no estimate (counted in companies, so the parts add up)

Companies raising Buybacks & dividends

• NVDA — Share Repurchase ProgramImportance 89 · Surprise 82
  NVIDIA CORP · News · 2026-08-14
  NVIDIA has an $80 billion share repurchase program, according to third-party reporting. The authorization represents a material capital-return commitment alongside NVIDIA's ongoing AI infrastructure investments. The…
• CRM — Capital Return ProgramImportance 85 · Surprise 76
  Salesforce, Inc. · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  Salesforce borrowed $25 billion to fund an accelerated share repurchase program, described as the largest in the company’s history. The transaction reduced Salesforce’s diluted share count by 10%. The additional…
• BSX — Stock Repurchase ProgramImportance 64 · Surprise 42
  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP · News · 2026-08-17
  Boston Scientific announced a $5.00 billion share buyback program, according to the August 17, 2026 third-party report. The repurchase authorization represents a material capital-allocation commitment relative to the…
• C — Capital Return ProgramImportance 64 · Surprise 42
  CITIGROUP INC · News · 2026-08-16
  Citigroup authorized a $30 billion share-repurchase program, representing a material capital-allocation commitment. The company also raised its quarterly dividend to $0.67 per share. The reported actions were discussed…
• ADBE — Capital Return ProgramImportance 64 · Surprise 42
  ADOBE INC. · News · 2026-08-16 · 2 events
  Adobe’s board authorized a $25 billion share-repurchase program, according to third-party reporting. The authorization is material relative to Adobe’s $6.62 billion quarterly revenue and $29.93 billion total assets.…
• NFLX — Stock Repurchase ProgramImportance 58 · Surprise 42
  NETFLIX INC · News · 2026-08-17
  Netflix repurchased a record $4.7 billion of its shares in the second quarter of 2026. The buyback supported significant per-share earnings growth despite moderating revenue growth. The repurchases were described as a…
• BRK-B — Capital Return ProgramImportance 58 · Surprise 42
  BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Berkshire Hathaway repurchased $4.5 billion of its shares in the second quarter of 2026. The buybacks were presented as a signal that management viewed Berkshire’s shares as undervalued, with the stock trading at 1.45…
• WFC — Quarterly Dividend IncreaseImportance 50 · Surprise 58
  WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN · News · 2026-08-17 · 4 events
  Wells Fargo increased its quarterly dividend from $0.45 to $0.50 per share. The $0.05 increase represents an 11.1% sequential increase in the quarterly dividend. The higher dividend was reported alongside quarterly EPS…
• AMGN — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 49 · Surprise 6
  AMGEN INC · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  Amgen announced a quarterly dividend of $2.52 per share, according to multiple third-party reports dated August 16, 2026. The dividend was described as producing an annual yield of approximately 2.4% at the reported…
• VRTX — Capital Return ProgramImportance 46 · Surprise 42
  VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA · News · 2026-08-14
  Vertex completed a US$1.42 billion share repurchase program. The amount exceeds the specified US$100 million revenue materiality threshold. The reported buyback followed a 90-day share-price return of 18.19%, although…
• VZ — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 43 · Surprise 6
  VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  Verizon announced a quarterly dividend of $0.7075 per share. The dividend corresponds to an approximately 5.8% yield. Verizon reported second-quarter earnings of $1.30 per share while maintaining the quarterly…
• MDT — Dividend IncreaseImportance 40 · Surprise 42
  Medtronic plc · News · 2026-08-17 · 5 events
  Medtronic increased its quarterly dividend to $0.72 per share. MarketBeat reports that the dividend represented an approximately 3.2% yield at the time of publication. The dividend increase was also referenced in…
• LOW — Dividend IncreaseImportance 40 · Surprise 24
  LOWES COMPANIES INC · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Lowe’s increased its quarterly dividend to $1.25 per share. The higher dividend represents an increase in cash distributions to shareholders. Lowe’s was described as a Dividend King, reflecting its extended history of…
• UNP — Dividend IncreaseImportance 40 · Surprise 42
  UNION PACIFIC CORP · News · 2026-08-16
  Union Pacific increased its quarterly dividend to $1.42 per share. The dividend increase followed quarterly earnings of $3.41 per share and revenue of $6.86 billion. The digest does not state the prior dividend rate,…
• CAT — Capital Return ProgramImportance 40 · Surprise 42
  CATERPILLAR INC · News · 2026-08-16 · 2 events
  Caterpillar raised its quarterly dividend to $1.63 per share. The dividend increase was reported alongside quarterly revenue growth of 23.7% and EPS of $8.17. The digest does not state the prior dividend, effective…
• BAC — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 40 · Surprise 42
  BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ · News · 2026-08-16
  Bank of America increased its quarterly dividend to $0.32 per share. The dividend increase was reported alongside the company’s recent quarterly earnings and revenue beat. Investors should incorporate the higher…
• PG — Dividend DeclarationImportance 37 · Surprise 6
  PROCTER & GAMBLE Co · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  Procter & Gamble declared a quarterly dividend of $1.0885 per share. The dividend implies an annualized yield of approximately 3.0% based on the reported share price. The declaration represents a recurring cash…
• XOM — Quarterly earnings and dividendImportance 37 · Surprise 6
  ExxonMobil Holdings Corp · News · 2026-08-15 · 2 events
  ExxonMobil reported quarterly revenue of $114.53 billion and quarterly earnings of $3.52 per share. Reported revenue exceeded estimates, while earnings per share fell slightly short of the $3.56 consensus estimate.…
• T — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 31 · Surprise 6
  AT&T INC. · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  AT&T declared a quarterly dividend of $0.2775 per share. The dividend implies an annualized payout of $1.11 per share and a reported yield of approximately 4.5%. The declaration represents a recurring…
• GS — Dividend IncreaseImportance 31 · Surprise 42
  GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC · News · 2026-08-16 · 2 events
  Goldman Sachs increased its quarterly dividend to $5.00 per share. The increase was reported after the company’s latest quarterly earnings exceeded expectations. The digest does not provide the prior dividend rate,…
• CSCO — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 26 · Surprise 24
  CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Cisco increased its dividend during the latest reported period. The dividend increase accompanied strong quarterly earnings, including $17.25 billion of revenue and adjusted EPS of $1.22. The digest does not specify…
• CVX — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 25 · Surprise 6
  CHEVRON CORP · News · 2026-08-17
  Chevron declared a quarterly dividend of $1.78 per share. The dividend implies an annualized payout of $7.12 per share if maintained for four quarters. The reported dividend yield was 3.6% based on the cited share…
• IBM — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 24 · Surprise 14
  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP · News · 2026-08-15
  IBM declared a quarterly dividend of $1.69 per share. The company’s latest quarterly report showed revenue growth of 1.1% year over year. IBM met quarterly EPS expectations, although revenue was slightly below analyst…
• COP — Capital Return ProgramImportance 23 · Surprise 22
  CONOCOPHILLIPS · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  ConocoPhillips announced a dividend of $0.84 per share payable on September 1, 2026. The ex-dividend date is August 17, 2026. The company has maintained a dividend history since 1986, with a reported five-year dividend…
• BX — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 20 · Surprise 24
  Blackstone Inc. · News · 2026-08-17
  Blackstone increased its quarterly dividend to $1.29 per share following quarterly results. The dividend increase accompanied reported quarterly revenue of $5.04 billion and earnings per share of $1.52. The…
• JNJ — Capital Return ProgramImportance 19 · Surprise 6
  JOHNSON & JOHNSON · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  Johnson & Johnson declared a quarterly dividend of $1.34 per share. The company maintained its fiscal 2026 earnings-per-share guidance. Johnson & Johnson also exceeded second-quarter earnings and revenue estimates,…
• QCOM — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 19 · Surprise 6
  QUALCOMM INC/DE · News · 2026-08-16 · 3 events
  Qualcomm announced a quarterly dividend of $0.92 per share. The dividend declaration provides shareholders with a recurring cash distribution at the stated quarterly rate. The announcement was reported alongside…
• ABBV — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 16 · Surprise 6
  AbbVie Inc. · News · 2026-08-16 · 2 events
  AbbVie declared a quarterly dividend of $1.73 per share. The dividend implies an annualized yield of approximately 2.8% based on the reported share price. The declaration provides an ongoing cash-return commitment to…
• UNH — Dividend Increase and Capital ReturnImportance 15 · Surprise 6
  UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  UnitedHealth Group announced a quarterly dividend of $2.32 per share. The dividend implies an annualized yield of approximately 2.3%. The $2.32-per-share quarterly distribution was reported alongside second-quarter…
• TJX — Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/ · News · 2026-08-17 · 4 events
  TJX Companies announced a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share.,The dividend was reported alongside TJX’s recent quarterly earnings announcement.,Third-party reporting stated that TJX’s quarterly earnings surpassed analyst estimates.
• SYK — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  STRYKER CORP · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  Stryker announced a quarterly dividend of $0.88 per share. The dividend announcement accompanied the company’s recently reported quarterly earnings, which exceeded analyst expectations. The dividend provides a…
• RTX — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  RTX Corp · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  RTX declared a quarterly dividend of $0.73 per share. The dividend was announced alongside second-quarter revenue of $24.71 billion and EPS of $1.89. The digest does not state the declaration date, payment date, or…
• PM — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  Philip Morris International Inc. · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Philip Morris International declared a quarterly dividend of $1.47 per share. The reported dividend implies an annualized payout of $5.88 per share if maintained for four quarters. The company’s annual dividend yield…
• PFE — DividendsImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  PFIZER INC · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  Pfizer declared a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share. The dividend equates to an approximately 6.4% yield based on the reported share price. The declaration represents a continuing cash-return commitment despite…
• ORCL — Capital Return Program — DividendImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  ORACLE CORP · News · 2026-08-17
  Oracle declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share. The dividend was reported alongside quarterly revenue of $19.18 billion and EPS of $2.11. The digest did not state the dividend’s payment date, record date, or…
• LMT — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP · News · 2026-08-17 · 4 events
  Lockheed Martin declared a quarterly dividend of $3.45 per share. The dividend declaration was reported alongside second-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations. The digest does not specify the record date, payment…
• LIN — DividendsImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  LINDE PLC · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Linde declared a quarterly dividend of $1.60 per share. The dividend announcement accompanied reported second-quarter adjusted EPS of $4.50 and revenue of $9.29 billion. Third-party coverage characterized the dividend…
• KLAC — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  KLA CORP · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  KLA Corporation declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.23 per share. The dividend represents an ongoing cash return to shareholders amid expectations for AI-related semiconductor demand. The reported dividend…
• INTU — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  INTUIT INC. · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Intuit declared a quarterly dividend of $1.20 per share. The dividend announcement accompanied reported quarterly revenue of $8.56 billion and earnings per share of $12.80. The reported dividend provides a recurring…
• GILD — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  Gilead declared a quarterly dividend of $0.82 per share. The dividend was reported alongside second-quarter results and revenue of $7.80 billion. The digest does not provide the declaration date, ex-dividend date, or…
• DE — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  DEERE & CO · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Deere declared a quarterly dividend of $1.62 per share. The dividend carries an annualized yield of approximately 1.1%. The payment was cited alongside the company’s quarterly earnings and revenue report.
• CMCSA — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  COMCAST CORP · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Comcast announced a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share. The dividend was reported alongside second-quarter EPS of $1.04, which exceeded expectations. Comcast’s quarterly dividend provides a recurring cash return to…
• BKNG — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  Booking Holdings Inc. · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 events
  Booking Holdings declared a quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share. The dividend announcement was reported alongside the company’s second-quarter results. The digest does not state the payment date, record date, or…
• AAPL — Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  Apple Inc. · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Apple announced a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share. The dividend announcement accompanied quarterly results that exceeded analyst estimates. The digest does not specify the record date, payment date, or any change…
• TMUS — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  T-Mobile US, Inc. · News · 2026-08-16
  T-Mobile US declared a quarterly dividend of $1.02 per share. The dividend was cited alongside the company’s recent quarterly results. The reported quarterly results exceeded EPS expectations.
• SPGI — Capital Return ProgramImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  S&P Global Inc. · News · 2026-08-16
  S&P Global declared a quarterly dividend of $0.97 per share. The dividend announcement was reported alongside the company’s quarterly results. No share-repurchase authorization or repurchase amount was disclosed in the…
• SO — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  SOUTHERN CO · News · 2026-08-16 · 2 events
  Southern Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.76 per share. The $0.76 per-share dividend was reported in connection with the company’s recent second-quarter results. The digest did not provide a record date,…
• PEP — Capital Return ProgramImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  PEPSICO INC · News · 2026-08-16
  PepsiCo declared a quarterly dividend of $1.48 per share. The dividend implies an annualized yield of approximately 4.2%. The reported dividend provides a recurring cash return to shareholders alongside quarterly…
• NEE — Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  NEXTERA ENERGY INC · News · 2026-08-16 · 3 events
  NextEra Energy declared a quarterly dividend of $0.6232 per share. The dividend declaration was reported alongside second-quarter earnings of $1.15 per share. The digest did not state the record date, payment date, or…
• DUK — Quarterly Dividend IncreaseImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  Duke Energy CORP · News · 2026-08-16
  Duke Energy raised its quarterly dividend to $1.085 per share. The reported dividend yield is approximately 3.5%. The dividend increase occurred alongside a recent equity sale, which may increase shareholder dilution…
• PGR — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  PROGRESSIVE CORP/OH/ · News · 2026-08-15 · 2 events
  Progressive declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share. The dividend was reported alongside quarterly earnings and revenue results. The digest did not state the payment date, record date, or aggregate dividend…
• JPM — Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  JPMORGAN CHASE & CO · News · 2026-08-15 · 2 events
  JPMorgan declared a quarterly dividend of $1.50 per share. The dividend was reported alongside quarterly revenue of $58.02 billion and EPS of $6.14. The digest did not state the record date, payment date, or aggregate…
• ABT — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 10 · Surprise 6
  ABBOTT LABORATORIES · News · 2026-08-15
  Abbott Laboratories declared a quarterly dividend of $0.63 per share. The dividend was reported alongside Abbott’s second-quarter investment and ownership disclosures. The announced per-share distribution provides a…
• MRK — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 9 · Surprise 6
  Merck & Co., Inc. · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  Merck declared a quarterly dividend of $0.85 per share. The dividend was reported alongside quarterly revenue of $16.61 billion. The digest does not state the aggregate cash distribution, ex-dividend date, or payment…
• MCD — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 9 · Surprise 6
  MCDONALDS CORP · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 events
  McDonald’s declared a quarterly dividend of $1.86 per share. The dividend declaration was reported alongside quarterly EPS of $3.38. The reported EPS exceeded analyst estimates, indicating quarterly earnings…
• GOOGL — Capital Return ProgramImportance 9 · Surprise 6
  Alphabet Inc. · News · 2026-08-16
  Alphabet declared a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share. The dividend declaration was reported alongside the company’s $119.8 billion quarterly revenue and $9.11 earnings per share. The digest provides no buyback…
• ADP — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 9 · Surprise 6
  AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC · News · 2026-08-16
  Automatic Data Processing declared a quarterly dividend of $1.70 per share. The report did not state the dividend's payment date or record date. The report also did not identify a dividend increase or provide the total…
• MS — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 9 · Surprise 6
  MORGAN STANLEY · News · 2026-08-15 · 2 events
  Morgan Stanley declared regular dividends on multiple preferred-stock series, including Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Series A and Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Series E, F, I, K, M, and N. Dividends on Series M…
• TXN — Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 7 · Surprise 6
  TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC · News · 2026-08-16
  Texas Instruments announced a quarterly dividend of $1.42 per share. The dividend was reported alongside the company’s recent quarterly earnings announcement. The third-party reports do not state the record date,…

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