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Every three months, investors get an in-depth snapshot of how every publicly traded company's businesses are performing. Quarterly reports can often lead to big short-term stock price movements as

Shares of Petco (NASDAQ: WOOF) were rolling over last month after the pet products retailer and services company faded on concerns about rising interest rates and in response to Walmart's latest

Shares of Costco (NASDAQ: COST) were heading lower today, even as the broad market jumped, overcoming an initial sell-off on a hotter-than-expected September jobs report this morning. The culprit

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) is well-loved by both customers and investors, and it's easy to see why.

The warehouse retailer offers rock-bottom prices on quality goods, and its success with

Shares of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) were falling today over concerns that weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are leading customers to buy fewer groceries and consume fewer calories.

Walmart's U.S

Shares of McCormick & Company (NYSE: MKC) -- maker of spices, seasonings, and condiments -- dropped on Tuesday after it announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter of 2023. Q3 results

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McCormick (NYSE: MKC)Q3 2023 Earnings CallOct 03, 2023, 8:00 a.m. ET

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If you are looking at the consumer space and trying to find dividend stocks, three companies you might want to consider are Unilever (NYSE: UL), Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL), and Realty Income (NYSE: O)

Nearly two years after it was first talked about, Kellogg Company has been split in two. The global business with an emphasis on snacks will retain the "K" ticker symbol under its new name Kellanova

What makes a dividend stock ultra safe? A track record of dividend raises is certainly top of mind. But for a company to continue raising its dividend well into the future, it also has to have

With the S&P 500 Index up 14% in 2023, it has been a surprisingly good year for many of the stock market's biggest names. However, two of the most well-recognized brands in the United States --

It's hard to understate the power that Walmart, Amazon, and Costco Wholesale wield in the U.S. retail industry and the broader economy. Together, the three companies generate close to $1.5 trillion

When scanning the market for a top-notch dividend stock, investors tend to consider a company's track record for raising dividends and the quality of the business overall. That's not a bad strategy

When it comes to non-alcoholic beverage companies, there's Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) -- and then there's everyone else. In the U.S., the two account for around 71% of the

Pet owners in Dallas, Georgia, now have another option for getting care for their critters. Mega-retailer Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has opened a pet care center attached to its store there, complete with

The tobacco industry has faced a steep decline in the past two decades, but the world's top tobacco companies still offer some of the highest dividends among large-cap stocks. The big three of the

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian evaluates Deere (NYSE: DE) and The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) across several financial metrics, including valuation, to answer which stock he thinks is the

Over the past five years, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) shares have climbed 70%, easily beating the 48% gain of Home Depot (NYSE: HD). Perhaps more noteworthy is that the former is near its all-time highs,

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is a one-stop shop for many consumers. Between groceries, day-to-day essentials, pharmaceuticals, and auto services, people have plenty of reasons to stop by one of its

Dividend stocks represent truly passive income. Once you put a few of these investments in your portfolio, you can sit back and collect the quarterly payouts without any further effort. Better yet

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has impressed investors this year as the company doesn't appear to have the problems other retailers do. It's not blaming bad results on "shrink" (or retail theft), for example

Historically, stocks that sell for less than $50 a share tend not to be an ideal pond to fish in for dividend growth investments. However,  the three businesses in this article are the exception to

There aren't many retailers that can consistently deliver steadily rising dividends through the ups and downs of the economic cycle. That success requires sufficient scale, prime market positioning

Investors have some differing expectations around Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) stocks these days. While the world's largest retailer is among the best performers on the Dow Jones

If you're keeping tabs on retailers' second-quarter numbers, then you've seen a little bit of everything. Some store chains have done well. Others haven't. Several of these names dished out big