American Express and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends

American Express Oracle and Johnson Controls were among the large U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week. It was a fairly light week for such announcements, with earnings season hav...

Tesla, Generac, Southwest, and More Stock Market Movers Wednesday

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Generac stock leads S&P 500 gainers after Janney says buy, citing ‘free option’ on clean energy

Shares of Generac Holdings Inc. surged Wednesday, after Janney analyst Sean Milligan said the sharp selloff this year has provided investors an opportunity to buy into an established brand with a domi...

Generac stock rocked after profit warning due to weakness in home generator business

Shares of Generac Holdings Inc. suffered a record selloff on Wednesday after the manufacturer of home generators and solar equipment issued an earnings warning and cut its growth outlook, citing press...

Generac Stock Is Tumbling. Sales Have Slowed, and Inventory Is Piling Up.

The second half of the year isn’t going as well as standby-power company Generac Holdings expected. Channel inventories are hurting sales, and that is crushing shares. Still, there should be brighter ...

More Power Outages Make Generac Stock Worth Buying Now

Text size The average U.S. electricity customer lost power for more than eight hours in 2020. That’s up more than 100% from 2013. Alamy In theory, record heat waves, Western wildfires, rolling blackou...

Rising Power Outages Make Generac Stock Worth Buying Now

Text size The average U.S. electricity customer lost power for more than eight hours in 2020. That’s up more than 100% from 2013. Alamy In theory, record heat waves, Western wildfires, rolling blackou...

Buy Watsco Stock. The Air-Conditioning Stock Is Ready to Heat Up.

Watsco has paid out a dividend for 48 consecutive years and raised it every year since 2013. Dreamstime Text size The temperature is rising, but shares of air-conditioning distributor Watsco have cool...

Bosses Swear by the 90-Day Rule to Keep Workers Long Term

In the quest to retain workers, companies are sharpening their focus on a very specific common goal: 90 days. Hold on to an employee for three months, executives and human-resources specialists say, a...

6 Oil Stocks That Can Buck Increased Bearishness

Text size An oil pumpjack pulls oil from the Permian Basin oil field in Odessa, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Oil prices have fallen 10% this month, and stocks have been sinking with them. In fact, s...

Generac Stock Rises Because It Expects ‘Exceptional Revenue Growth’ in 2022

Text size Dreamstime Shares of Generac Holdings were surging Wednesday after the generator maker’s 2022 outlook energized investors. “The company is initiating guidance for 2022 that anticipates anoth...