Many investors focus on how much a company pays in dividends. Most companies report their dividends on a cash-flow statement or in a separate accounting summary in their regular disclosures to ...

Preferred stocks generally come with a "guaranteed" dividend amount, but it's important to realize that if the company falls on tough financial times, even preferred dividends can be suspended.

Turning a familiar blue can into a steady income stream is a surprisingly straightforward math problem. With PepsiCo's ...