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The market continues to chase growth while ignoring once beloved income stocks. Verizon offers a compelling 6.3% dividend yield, robust free cash flow, and trades well below its historical valuation, making it attractive for conservative income investors. Medtronic provides a reliable 3.5% yield, a strong balance sheet, and growth catalysts in cardiac solutions, surgical robotics, and a value-enhancing diabetes spin-off.

This Dogs of the Dow list from DowJones&Co appeared January, 2025 on YCharts, and Dogs of The Dow websites. Here is your June update from that data. 28 of 30 current Dow-listed-stocks pay dividends. As of 5/28/25, the top-ten ranged 2.64%-6.26% by annual-yield, and another top-ten ranged 18.06%-46.15% in broker-estimated target-price-upsides. Analyst-estimated top-ten net-gains from Dow's June dividend dogs ranged 21.02%-45.96% from HD, AMZN, CVX, MSFT, MRK, NKE, CRM, DIS, UNH, and NVDA, per YCharts.

Verizon's growth initiatives through the Mobility/ Broadband convergence have delivered robust top/ bottom-line growth while improving upgrade rates and reducing churn. These reasons may also be why the management has already reiterated their capex plans, while monetizing new/ existing edge compute assets through the AI Connect offerings. On the other hand, readers must note the risks tied to the Frontier acquisition, given the more expensive $2.5K per Fiber passing against T's recent acquisition at $1.43K.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ ) Bernstein 41st Annual Strategic Decisions Conference May 29, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Sowmyanarayan Sampath - CEO, Consumer Group Conference Call Participants Laurent Yoon - Bernstein Laurent Yoon We'll give everyone maybe another minute or so. And then since this is the first session of the morning, we'll start, we'll get it going in about a minute.

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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ ) TD Cowen's 53rd Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference May 28, 2025 10:15 AM ET Company Participants Frank Boulben - CRO Conference Call Participants Gregory Williams - TD Cowen Gregory Williams Good morning. Welcome to day one of TD Cowen's 53rd Annual TMT Conference.

This article focuses on two new catalysts since my last writing: The updates provided in VZ's Q1 earnings report and also the Frontier purchase. I expect the Frontier deal to expand Verizon's fiber footprint and deliver cost synergies. I also believe the current consensus projection underestimate VZ's growth rate post the acquisition.

In the not too distant past, a focus on dividends was considered the province of retirees and conservative investors who shied away from market volatility. Taking risks with high flying tech stocks led to dramatic gains during bull markets, but their whipsaw corrections before climbing to new highs were not for the faint of heart. The bull market of the past decade has concurrently led to the exponential proliferation of the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) ethos, especially among young people. The DIY mindset, the rise of cryptocurrencies, and the spread of one click stock buying platforms from RobinHood and others have contributed to the rise of FIRE. Since it strategizes a strong work ethic, aggressive investing, a thrifty lifestyle, and an independent control over one’s retirement as the path towards a wealthy and happy post-employment life, FIRE devotees have built a movement among Millennials and Gen-Z. Too young to have experienced the dotcom bust of the 1990s, the p

When investors look for dividend stocks, one of the first metrics they consider is dividend yield. This measure measures how much a company pays out in annual dividends relative to its stock price.

Investors typically have to choose between high-yield or high-growth when picking stocks. However, there are a few opportunities that combine high growth with attractive current yields. I share my highest conviction, high-growth opportunity of the moment that also offers a very attractive dividend yield and a strong balance sheet and business model.