Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) declared a 7.7% increase in the Company’s quarterly common stock dividend, to 28 cents per share or $1.12 annualized from 26 cents per share. The company said the increased dividend will be due on March 3, 2015, to stockholders of record on February 6, 2015. The stock will go ex-dividend on February 4, 2015. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) in last trading activity decreased -0.73% to close at $31.15. Company weekly performance is -0.95% while its quarterly performance stands at 7.79%. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) is -5.95% away from its 52 week high.
Jay Rasulo, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Citi 2015 Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at approximately 5:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. PST. On last trading day The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) decreased -0.54% to close at $94.19. Its volatility for the week is 1.12% while volatility for the month is 1.40%. DIS’s sales growth for past 5 years was 6.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 19.30%. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) monthly performance is 2.89%.
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE:DPS) declared a quarterly dividend, which is scheduled for Wednesday, January 7th. Shareholders of record will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.25%. Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE:DPS) has 0.30% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 95.60%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $71.68.
TheStreet lowered shares of Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE:SBR) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report released on Friday morning. On Wednesday shares of Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE:SBR) closed at $35.78. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -7.80%.
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW)has quietly settled lawsuits brought by the estates of two chemists who died of brain cancer after working at the former Rohm & Haas Co. research labs in Montgomery County. The company, which purchased Rohm & Haas in 2009, agreed to pay a total of $950,000 – $475,000 in each case, according to records filed in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) in last trading activity fell -1.00% to close at $45.61. Company weekly performance is 0.11% while its quarterly performance stands at -8.76%. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) is -15.68% away from its 52 week high.