The article contrasts rising dividend yields driven by bigger payouts with those driven by falling share prices, using Visa, JPMorgan Chase and Walmart as examples of the former and Broadcom as a contrast. Visa raised its quarterly dividend 16% to $0.78 from $0.67, a forward yield of about 0.75% at $415 a share, while the stock gained 22.57% over the past year, and fiscal 2026 free cash flow of roughly $22.06 billion covered $20.5 billion of buybacks. JPMorgan raised its quarterly dividend 10% to $1.65 from $1.50, for a forward yield of about 1.91% at $345.44, and the article cites a CET1 ratio of 14.3% alongside a card net charge-off rate of 3.33%. Walmart raised its quarterly dividend to $0.2475 from $0.235, a 5.3% increase and a yield of about 0.82% at $121.25, while Broadcom's dividend held at $0.65 and its shares fell 13.52% over the past year.
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| Market cap | $894.6B |
| Close on 10/29/2026 | 343.59 |
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