Correction Alert: Popular Dividend Growth Stocks Due For A Sharp Pullback — Negative

ADC  EPRT  NNN  O   Seeking Alpha — May 07, 2025

These 2 popular dividend growth stocks could decline by 10%+. Here's why we're avoiding them. I share two alternative peers that are more reasonably valued.

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CDW Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.625 Per Share — Neutral

CDW   Business Wire — May 07, 2025

VERNON HILLS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CDW Corporation (Nasdaq: CDW), a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.625 per common share to be paid on June 10, 2025 to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 26, 2025. Future dividends will be subject to ap.

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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2025 Results — Neutral

IRWD   Business Wire — May 07, 2025

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IRWD), a biotechnology company developing and commercializing life-changing therapies for people living with gastrointestinal (GI) and rare diseases, today reported its first quarter 2025 results and recent business performance. “LINZESS demand continues to be strong, and we remain on track to meet our full-year 2025 guidance and further, recently raised our adjusted EBITDA guidance. We are making a concerted effort to maximize st.

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Surging Disney+ subscribers and solid earnings push Disney shares higher, fueling bullish Dow Jones sentiment today.

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Ride-hailing company Uber reported first-quarter results for 2025 including earnings per share of 83 cents, and revenue of $11.53 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings per share of 50 cents and revenue of $11.62 billion from Uber for the first quarter according to LSEG data.

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Amazon's Bezos leads new investment in AI data company Toloka — Positive

AMZN   Reuters — May 07, 2025

Jeff Bezos' personal firm Bezos Expeditions is leading a $72-million investment in artificial intelligence data solutions company Toloka, which is looking to scale up its business, Toloka told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Uber Technologies swung to a first-quarter profit of $1.78 billion as riders ordered more trips on the digital taxi service.

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CALGARY, Alberta, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TransAlta Corporation (TransAlta or the Company) (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

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Nuclear developer Elementl Power said Wednesday it's signed an agreement with Google to develop three project sites for advanced reactors. Google will commit early-stage development capital to the three projects, each of which will generate at least 600 megawatts.

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Reiterated 'Hold' rating on Preformed Line Products (PLPC) due to rising costs, overvalued revenues, and stagnating technicals, despite a 9% share price increase over six months. Fiscal 2025 Q1 earnings showed 5% net sales growth and 20% GAAP profit growth, but higher costs from tariffs and raw materials loom. PLPC's return on capital remains under pressure, with a trailing ROC of 6.86%, as rising costs and tariffs could dampen demand and profitability.

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The New York Times Company Reports First-Quarter 2025 Results — Neutral

NYT   Business Wire — May 07, 2025

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today that its first-quarter 2025 financial results are available on The New York Times Company's investor relations website at investors.nytco.com. As previously announced, The New York Times Company will host its earnings conference call today at 8:00 a.m. E.T. to discuss these results. A live webcast of the earnings conference call will be available at investors.nytco.com. Participants can pre-register for the teleph.

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Hain Celestial Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results — Neutral

HAIN   GlobeNewsWire — May 07, 2025

HOBOKEN, N.J., May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAIN), a leading global health and wellness company whose purpose is to inspire healthier living through better-for-you brands, today reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31, 2025. In a separate release today, the Company announced a CEO transition and strategic review of the Company's portfolio.

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Is Intel Stock a Bargain or a Burden? Cheap Stock, High Stakes — Neutral

INTC   MarketBeat — May 07, 2025

Trading near its 52-week low around $20, Intel NASDAQ: INTC presents a seemingly inexpensive investment in the semiconductor sector as we near the middle of 2025. This low valuation, however, clashes with Intel's analyst community's cautious consensus rating and a weak financial outlook following a better-than-expected first quarter.

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CPI Card Group Inc. Announces Acquisition of Arroweye Solutions, Inc. — Neutral

PMTS   Business Wire — May 07, 2025

LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CPI Card Group Inc. Announces Acquisition of Arroweye Solutions, Inc.

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DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Precision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), a clinical stage gene editing company utilizing its novel proprietary ARCUS® platform to develop in vivo gene editing therapies for diseases with high unmet need, today announced that it will present initial safety data from the Phase 1 ELIMINATE-B trial evaluating PBGENE-HBV program for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B during a late breaking poster presentation at the European Association for the Study of the Liver.

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Materials available at http://www.dieboldnixdorf.com/earnings NORTH CANTON, Ohio , May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a world leader in transforming the way people bank and shop, today reported its 2025 first quarter financial results. The full press release and a presentation summarizing results from the period are available at the Investor Relations section of Diebold Nixdorf's website at http://www.dieboldnixdorf.com/earnings.

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Charles River Laboratories Announces First-Quarter 2025 Results — Neutral

CRL   Business Wire — May 07, 2025

WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles River Laboratories Announces First-Quarter 2025 Financial Results.

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Banks quickly raised interest rates to record levels and added new monthly fees on credit cards last year when a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule threatened a key revenue source for the industry. Now they're far more reluctant to reverse those steps, even after bank trade groups succeeded in killing the CFPB rule in federal court last month.

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RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Performance Food Group Company reports third-quarter and first-nine months fiscal 2025 results.

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Bloomin' Brands Announces 2025 Q1 Financial Results — Neutral

BLMN   Business Wire — May 07, 2025

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLMN) today reported results for the first quarter 2025 (“Q1 2025”) compared to the first quarter 2024 (“Q1 2024”). CEO Comments “We continue to make progress on our operating priorities to simplify the business and consistently deliver a great guest experience while balancing our longer-term priorities to turnaround Outback and drive sustainable sales and profit growth,” said Mike Spanos, CEO. “We are navigating a choppy macro enviro.

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