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US equities advanced during Q2, supported by another quarter of better-than-expected corporate earnings and continued enthusiasm for companies benefiting from artificial intelligence-related investment. Our bottom five contributors to return in Q2 were Accenture, CME Group, Salesforce, Boston Scientific and EOG Resources. Our top five contributors to return in Q2 were Texas Instruments, Lam Research, NXP Semiconductors, Elevance Health and Alphabet.
Roper Technologies' bright outlook, software momentum and acquisition gains outweigh Accenture's AI-related risks and weak bookings.
In 1982, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Rule 10b-18, providing companies with a safe harbor for qualifying share repurchases. Since then, publicly traded companies have been repurchasing their own shares in order to consolidate ownership and boost earnings per share (EPS).
Boston Common Asset Management LLC cut its position in Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) by 75.0% in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,604 shares of the information technology services provider's stock after selling 10,840 shares during the quarter. Boston
Accenture plc remains fundamentally strong, trading at a 52% discount to a $291 fair value estimate despite market fears over AI disruption. Q3 2026 results validated ACN's resilience, with 5.6% revenue growth and 8.9% adjusted EPS growth, outperforming analyst expectations. ACN's mid-market expansion, $9 billion acquisition budget, and robust balance sheet underpin 6.5% annual EPS growth forecasts through FY 2028.
International Business Machines (IBM) shares tumbled on Tuesday after the company disclosed preliminary second-quarter results that fell short of Wall Street ex
I define dividend growth stocks as those with dividend increases of 5 or more consecutive years. In this monthly series, I rank a selection of dividend growth stocks and present the top 10 stocks for consideration. This month, I'm presenting the top 10 dividend growth stocks with a 5-year yield-on-cost of 2.5% or higher and a consensus upside of at least 5%.
This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant 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 4.1%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, from moderate to high yields of up to 8%.
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