Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Astera Labs Inc (Symbol: ALAB), where a total volume of 19,858 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 2.0 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 42.1% of ALAB's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.7 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $165 strike call option expiring February 06, 2026 , with 2,325 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 232,500 underlying shares of ALAB. Below is a chart showing ALAB's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $165 strike highlighted in orange: DocuSign Inc (Symbol: DOCU) options are showing a volume of 14,583 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.5 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 41.8% of DOCU's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.5 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $50 strike put option expiring February 20, 2026, with 1,913 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 191,300 underlying shares of DOCU. Below is a chart showing DOCU's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $50 strike highlighted in orange: And Alkami Technology Inc (Symbol: ALKT) options are showing a volume of 6,066 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 606,600 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 41.4% of ALKT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.5 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $25 strike call option expiring March 20, 2026, with 3,034 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 303,400 underlying shares of ALKT. Below is a chart showing ALKT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $25 strike highlighted in...

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Webull Corporation - Class A Ordinary Shares (Symbol: BULL), where a total of 59,488 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 5.9 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 53.7% of BULL's average daily trading volume over the past month of 11.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $7.50 strike call option expiring January 21, 2028 , with 14,250 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.4 million underlying shares of BULL. Below is a chart showing BULL's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $7.50 strike highlighted in orange: MP Materials Corp (Symbol: MP) options are showing a volume of 52,245 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 5.2 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 52.3% of MP's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 10.0 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $60 strike call option expiring January 30, 2026, with 4,245 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 424,500 underlying shares of MP. Below is a chart showing MP's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $60 strike highlighted in orange: And Charter Communications Inc (Symbol: CHTR) options are showing a volume of 9,365 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 936,500 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 51.3% of CHTR's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.8 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $192.50 strike call option expiring February 20, 2026, with 2,103 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 210,300 underlying shares of CHTR. Below is a chart showing CHTR's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $192.50 strike highlighted in orange: For the various different available expirations for BULL options, MP...

ResMed press release ( RMD ): Q2 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.81 beats by $0.09 . Revenue of $1.4B (+9.4% Y/Y) in-line. Gross margin up 320 bps to 61.8%; non-GAAP gross margin up 310 bps to 62.3% Income from operations increased 18%; non-GAAP income from operations up 19% More on ResMed 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference ResMed Inc. (RMD) Presents at 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Transcript ResMed: Safe Bet For A Recession Environment ResMed Q2 2026 Earnings Preview Tandem upgraded, Zimmer, ResMed downgraded as Baird previews MedTech in 2026

格隆汇1月30日｜闪迪(SNDK.O)盘后涨超11%。

Axos Financial press release ( AX ): FQ2 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.25 beats by $0.18 . Revenue of $385.09M (+25.1% Y/Y) beats by $39.2M . Ending net loan balances were $24.3 billion at December 31, 2025, reflecting a net change in loans of $1.6 billion for the three months ended December 31, 2025 Net annualized charge-offs to average loans was 4 basis points for the three months ended December 31, 2025, down from 10 basis points in the three months ended December 31, 2024 Non-performing assets to total assets were 0.56% as of December 31, 2025, down from 0.71% as of June 30, 2025 Net interest margin was 4.94% for the three months ended December 31, 2025 compared to 4.83% for the three months ended December 31, 2024 Non-interest income was $53.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2025, up 92.0% from $27.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024, as the acquisition of Verdant Commercial Capital, LLC (“Verdant”) contributed to the growth Total deposits were $23.2 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of over $2.4 billion, or 23.1% annualized, from $20.8 billion at June 30, 2025 Added $937.7 million of net new assets under custody during the three months ended December 31, 2025; total assets under custody and/or administration was $44.4 billion at December 31, 2025, compared to $43.0 billion at September 30, 2025 Book value per share increased to $51.70 at December 31, 2025, up 17.0% from $44.17 at December 31, 2024 More on Axos Financial Axos Financial: A Respectful Downgrade After An Excellent Run Higher Axos Financial: Still Cheap Despite Superior Performance Axos Financial Q2 2026 Earnings Preview Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Axos Financial Historical earnings data for Axos Financial

Olin press release ( OLN ): Q4 GAAP EPS of -$0.75 misses by $0.06 . Revenue of $1.66B (-0.6% Y/Y) beats by $120M . Commenting on Olin's outlook for first quarter 2026, Lane continued, "As a result of upcoming sequentially higher planned maintenance turnaround costs and higher raw material costs, including increased electrical power costs, we expect first quarter 2026 results from our Chemicals businesses to be lower than fourth quarter 2025. In our Winchester business, as commercial customer inventories become more normalized, we expect our first quarter 2026 results to modestly increase from fourth quarter 2025. Overall, we expect Olin's first quarter 2026 adjusted EBITDA to be lower than fourth quarter 2025 levels." Shares -2.55% AH. More on Olin Olin: Shares Brush Off A Negative Preannouncement Trump bought bonds worth $51M since November Olin slides after guiding Q4 adjusted EBITDA below expectations Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Olin Historical earnings data for Olin

Western Digital press release ( WDC ): Q2 Non-GAAP EPS of $2.13 beats by $0.20 . Revenue of $3.02B (-29.6% Y/Y) beats by $80M . Q3 Guidance: Non-GAAP (1) Revenue $3.2B +/- $100M vs $2.98B consensus Gross margin 47% - 48% Operating expenses $380M - $390M Interest and other expense, net ~ $50M Tax rate ~ 16% Diluted net income per common share $2.30 +/- $0.15 vs . $1.99 consensus Diluted weighted average shares ~ 385M Click to enlarge Shares +7% . More on Western Digital Western Digital Is Not An AI Stock, But AI May Change Its Cycle Western Digital: The Storage Sugar High Disk Maker Western Digital Rides The AI Wave, But A Pullback Could Occur Western Digital Q2 2026 Earnings Preview Micron dips after reports of Samsung nearing Nvidia certification for HBM4 chips

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格隆汇1月30日｜西部数据(WDC.O)第三季度营收展望为32亿美元。

The Nasdaq Composite snapped its six-day winning streak on Thursday after the latest earnings reports sent software stocks tumbling. The tech-heavy index fell 0.7%. The S&P 500 dropped 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 56 points, or 0.

意大利西西里小鎮發生山泥傾瀉 約1,500名居民要疏散 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】意大利西西里小鎮發生山泥傾瀉，受影響範圍超過4公里，當局疏散約1,500人。 高空片段見到，山泥傾瀉的範圍長達4公里，建在山坡的房屋部分建築連同山泥塌下，形成陡峭的山崖，多條道路損毀要封閉。當局說西西里島中南部城鎮尼謝米周日因暴雨引發山泥傾瀉，塌下山泥的體積達350立方米，相當於6至11個標準貨櫃的容量。當局宣布該區進入緊急狀態，派出軍隊協助善後和運送重型機械，由於不少房屋結構嚴重受損，約1,500名居民要撤離。

格隆汇1月30日｜闪迪(SNDK.O)第二季度营收为30.25亿美元，而IBES预估为26.38亿美元。闪迪公司第三季度营收展望为44亿至48亿美元。

Oselote/iStock via Getty Images Amazon.com, Inc. ( AMZN ) stock has gained 2.9% since my last report , underperforming the S&P 500’s 6.8% return. I have a Strong Buy rating on shares of Amazon, so the stock price performance has been underwhelming. I believe that while Cloud and AI offer significant growth opportunities for Amazon and its peers, the level of AI spending and data center bottlenecks is increasingly becoming a source of caution against the AI growth prospects. In this report, I discuss the risks and opportunities, discuss the earnings expectations for Q4 2025 results on February 5th and 2026, and update my price target. Amazon Is A Play On Space, Cloud & AI and Ads Amazon LEO Amazon currently has two big mega trends to capitalize on: Artificial intelligence and Cloud. Aerospace & Defense. Amazon is increasingly becoming a company focused on megatrends rather than the e-commerce company many view it as. Amazon’s leverages AI through three layers: Infrastructure layers: The company has in-house AI chips, and AWS offers clusters and elastic compute for AI training. Platform and Model layer: Amazon Bedrock allows customers to scale generative AI applications while the company supports foundational models, and its proprietary Titan model for text and embeddings is integrated into AWS Services. Application: The company is implementing AI to drive its warehouse robotics and demand forecasts while also infusing AI into products such as Alexa. Amazon is one of the companies that can leverage AI through its network for optimizing user experiences in the web shop and increasing efficiency through the transportation and warehouse network, and the company also has a growing ad business. So, the scale of the company and the scale of the customer base allow for realizing meaningful revenue opportunities as well as cost savings. The growing ad business, in my view, is an underappreciated part of the business where the company could see meaningful revenue upside. For S...

Oselote/iStock via Getty Images Amazon.com, Inc. ( AMZN ) stock has gained 2.9% since my last report , underperforming the S&P 500’s 6.8% return. I have a Strong Buy rating on shares of Amazon, so the stock price performance has been underwhelming. I believe that while Cloud and AI offer significant growth opportunities for Amazon and its peers, the level of AI spending and data center bottlenecks is increasingly becoming a source of caution against the AI growth prospects. In this report, I discuss the risks and opportunities, discuss the earnings expectations for Q4 2025 results on February 5th and 2026, and update my price target. Amazon Is A Play On Space, Cloud & AI and Ads Amazon LEO Amazon currently has two big mega trends to capitalize on: Artificial intelligence and Cloud. Aerospace & Defense. Amazon is increasingly becoming a company focused on megatrends rather than the e-commerce company many view it as. Amazon’s leverages AI through three layers: Infrastructure layers: The company has in-house AI chips, and AWS offers clusters and elastic compute for AI training. Platform and Model layer: Amazon Bedrock allows customers to scale generative AI applications while the company supports foundational models, and its proprietary Titan model for text and embeddings is integrated into AWS Services. Application: The company is implementing AI to drive its warehouse robotics and demand forecasts while also infusing AI into products such as Alexa. Amazon is one of the companies that can leverage AI through its network for optimizing user experiences in the web shop and increasing efficiency through the transportation and warehouse network, and the company also has a growing ad business. So, the scale of the company and the scale of the customer base allow for realizing meaningful revenue opportunities as well as cost savings. The growing ad business, in my view, is an underappreciated part of the business where the company could see meaningful revenue upside. For S...

Elon Musk, the world’s richest individual, could bring two of his biggest holdings closer together.

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Deckers Outdoor press release ( DECK ): Q3 GAAP EPS of $3.33 beats by $0.57 . Revenue of $1.96B. FY 2026 HOKA Revenue Guidance Raised to Mid-teens Percent Increase FY 2026 UGG Revenue Guidance Raised to Mid-single-digits Percent Increase FY 2026 Diluted EPS Guidance Raised to Range of $6.80-$6.85 FY 2026 Share Repurchase Expected to Exceed $1.0 Billion Cash and cash equivalents were $2.087 billion compared to $2.241 billion. Inventories, including the impact of incremental tariffs, were $633.5 million compared to $576.7 million. More on Deckers Outdoor Deckers Outdoor: Pain Persists, But UGG And International Strength Shift The Thesis Deckers Outdoor: Undervalued, Low-Leveraged Compounder With Tailwinds Ahead Deckers Outdoor: A Modest Buy Deckers Outdoor Q3 2026 Earnings Preview Deckers Outdoor downgraded as HOKA popularity seen waning -- Piper Sandler

Visa beats first-quarter estimates as holiday sales boost payment volumes Reuters

JHVEPhoto At a joint meeting of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig on Thursday highlighted the importance of clarifying rules for prediction markets, or event contracts as the CFTC calls them. Event contracts markets have operated within the CFTC's regulatory framework for more than two decades, but "many view them as novel or unsettled," resulting in uncertainty that hasn't served the markets or the public interest, he said, according to prepared remarks. He discussed four actions he's taking in the sector: Selig directed CFTC staff to withdraw a 2024 event contracts rule proposal that would prohibit political and sports-related event contracts and the 2025 staff advisory that cautioned registrants about offering access to sports-related event contracts due to ongoing litigation. He directed the agency's staff to proceed in drafting an event contracts rulemaking. "For too long, the CFTC’s existing framework has proven difficult to apply and has failed our market participants," Selig said. "That is something I intend to fix by establishing clear standards for event contracts that provide certainty to market participants." The chair also told staff to reassess the CFTC's participation in matters currently pending before the federal district and circuit courts. CFTC staff will work with their "counterparts at the SEC to develop a joint interpretation on Title VII definitions," Selig said. "This effort would draw clearer lines between certain commodity and security options, CFTC-regulated swaps, and SEC-regulated security-based swaps." He stressed the importance of modernizing regulation to foster innovation while also protecting investors. "As the new frontier of finance descends upon us, regulators must relentlessly modernize, harmonize, and future-proof their approach to regulation," he said . "But we must not abandon our age-old principles, like investor protection, anti-fraud and an...

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , in trading on Thursday, shares of Insperity Inc (Symbol: NSP) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.4), with the stock changing hands as low as $39.82 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example you purchased shares of the iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) back on 5/31/2000 — you would have paid $78.27 per share. Fast forward to 5/31/2012 and each share was worth $77.79 on that date, a loss of $0.48 or 0.6% decrease over twelve years. But now consider that you collected a whopping $10.77 per share in dividends over the same period, increasing your return to 13.15%. Even with dividends reinvested, that only amounts to an average annual total return of about 1.0%; so by comparison collecting a yield above 6% would appear considerably attractive if that yield is sustainable. Insperity Inc (Symbol: NSP) is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets. In general, dividend amounts are not always predictable and tend to follow the ups and downs of profitability at each company. In the case of Insperity Inc, looking at the history chart for NSP below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 6% annual yield. Click here to find out which 9 other dividend stocks just recently went on sale » Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Visa press release ( V ): Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $3.17 beats by $0.03 . Revenue of $10.9B (+14.6% Y/Y) beats by $210M . Net revenue in the fiscal first quarter was $10.9 billion, an increase of 15%, driven by the year-over-year growth inpayments volume, cross-border volume and processed transactions. Net revenue increased 13% on a constant-dollarbasis. Payments volume for the three months ended September 30, 2025, on which fiscal first quarter service revenue isrecognized, increased 9% over the prior year on a constant-dollar basis. Payments volume for the three months ended December 31, 2025 increased 8% over the prior year on a constant-dollarbasis. Cross-border volume excluding transactions within Europe, which drives our international transaction revenue, for thethree months ended December 31, 2025, increased 11% on a constant-dollar basis over the prior year. Total cross-bordervolume on a constant-dollar basis increased 12% over the prior year.\ Total processed transactions, which represent transactions processed by Visa, for the three months ended December 31,2025, were 69.4 billion, a 9% increase over the prior year. More on Visa Visa: No Fear Of Credit Card Caps, Visa Well Positioned Visa's Growth Is Great, But Doesn't Make It A Buy Visa: The Easiest Way To Benefit From Consumers Visa, Mastercard quarterly earnings seen trending up on payment volume growth Earnings week ahead: TSLA, META, MSFT, AAPL, T, BA, V, MA, GM, CVX, XOM, and more

California Governor Gavin Newsom said he doesn’t see the state having the appetite to take over PG&E Corp. , which has come under criticism recently for blackouts that hit San Francisco. “I’m not convinced” the state wants to get into the utility business, Newsom said during an event in San Francisco hosted by Bloomberg News . Newsom previously weighed a possible takeover of PG&E during negotiations over the company’s restructuring after it filed for bankruptcy in 2019 due to billions of dollars of wildfire liability claims. More recently, some elected officials in San Francisco have renewed calls to take over PG&E’s wires and poles in the city after power outages darkened neighborhoods over the holidays. Separately, gubernatorial candidate and billionaire Tom Steyer has called for the state’s utility monopolies to be broken up after they’ve sharply raised rates. Newsom noted that the state already has the ability to take control of PG&E if the utility fails to meet safety and regulatory standards, a condition agreed upon as part of PG&E’s emergence from bankruptcy. He also noted that the company’s executive pay is now tied to safety metrics. “PG&E is a very different company than it was prior to bankruptcy,” Newsom said.

西部数据第二财季营收30.2亿美元，分析师预期29.6亿美元。 预计第三财季营收31亿-33亿美元，预计资本开支3.8亿-3.9亿美元。

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , in trading on Tuesday, shares of ManpowerGroup Inc (Symbol: MAN) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its semi-annual dividend (annualized to $3.08), with the stock changing hands as low as $61.53 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example you purchased shares of the iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) back on 5/31/2000 — you would have paid $78.27 per share. Fast forward to 5/31/2012 and each share was worth $77.79 on that date, a loss of $0.48 or 0.6% decrease over twelve years. But now consider that you collected a whopping $10.77 per share in dividends over the same period, increasing your return to 13.15%. Even with dividends reinvested, that only amounts to an average annual total return of about 1.0%; so by comparison collecting a yield above 5% would appear considerably attractive if that yield is sustainable. ManpowerGroup Inc (Symbol: MAN) is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets. In general, dividend amounts are not always predictable and tend to follow the ups and downs of profitability at each company. In the case of ManpowerGroup Inc, looking at the history chart for MAN below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 5% annual yield. Click here to find out which 9 other dividend stocks just recently went on sale » Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

預算案｜工聯會倡政府放寬醫療收費減免資格 40多萬領長生津人士可自動豁免 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】工聯會收集市民對財政預算案的期望，建議政府放寬醫療收費的減免資格，財赤都不應縮減民生開支。 工聯會去年12月至今年1月收到約五千份網上問卷，市民期望新一份財政預算案重點關注醫療衞生、加強就業和退休支援。工聯會指再就業津貼試行計劃明年期滿，申請額滿且效果理想，建議政府延長年期鼓勵就業，又應盡快理順醫療費用豁免配套當作「派糖」，同時提升效率。 鄧家彪：「有40多萬長者領取65至74歲之間的長者生活津貼，為何不可以將它自動豁免？這些長者是每日到議員辦事處、醫院排隊申請豁免的多數者，將40多萬人全部變成自動豁免，好像75歲以上，就節省很多行政工夫。」

KLA Corporation press release ( KLAC ): Q2 Non-GAAP EPS of $8.85 beats by $0.05 . Revenue of $3.3B (+7.1% Y/Y) beats by $50M . Cash flow from operating activities for the quarter and last twelve months were $1.37 billion and $4.77 billion, respectively, and free cash flow was $1.26 billion and $4.38 billion, respectively; and Capital returns for the quarter and last twelve months were $797.4 million and $3.01 billion, respectively. Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Guidance The following details our guidance for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 ending in March: Total revenues are expected to be in a range of $3.35 billion +/- $150 million vs consensus of $3.29B GAAP gross margin is expected to be in a range of 60.62% +/- 1.00% Non-GAAP gross margin is expected to be in a range of 61.75% +/- 1.00% GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be in a range of $8.85 +/- $0.78 Non-GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be in a range of $9.08 +/- $0.78 vs consensus of $8.98 Shares -3.47% AH. More on KLA Corporation KLA Corporation: Off To A Strong Start In 2026, Waiting For Better Entry KLA: Cash Flows Are Durable, Entry Points Are Not KLAC: A Primary Beneficiary Of The AI-Driven Semiconductor CapEx Boom (Rating Upgrade) KLA Corporation Q2 2026 Earnings Preview Intel's tool spending to increase; Capex commitments at $9.1B for 2026

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , in trading on Thursday, shares of AGNC Investment Corp (Symbol: AGNC) were yielding above the 12% mark based on its monthly dividend (annualized to $1.44), with the stock changing hands as low as $11.79 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example you purchased shares of the iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) back on 5/31/2000 — you would have paid $78.27 per share. Fast forward to 5/31/2012 and each share was worth $77.79 on that date, a loss of $0.48 or 0.6% decrease over twelve years. But now consider that you collected a whopping $10.77 per share in dividends over the same period, increasing your return to 13.15%. Even with dividends reinvested, that only amounts to an average annual total return of about 1.0%; so by comparison collecting a yield above 12% would appear considerably attractive if that yield is sustainable. AGNC Investment Corp (Symbol: AGNC) is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets. In general, dividend amounts are not always predictable and tend to follow the ups and downs of profitability at each company. In the case of AGNC Investment Corp, looking at the history chart for AGNC below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 12% annual yield. Click here to find out which 9 other dividend stocks just recently went on sale » Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Friday, shares of Broadridge Financial Solutions (Symbol: BR) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.9), with the stock changing hands as low as $141.13 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example you purchased shares of the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) back on 12/31/1999 — you would have paid $146.88 per share. Fast forward to 12/31/2012 and each share was worth $142.41 on that date, a decrease of $4.67/share over all those years. But now consider that you collected a whopping $25.98 per share in dividends over the same period, for a positive total return of 23.36%. Even with dividends reinvested, that only amounts to an average annual total return of about 1.6%; so by comparison collecting a yield above 2% would appear considerably attractive if that yield is sustainable. Broadridge Financial Solutions (Symbol: BR) is an S&P 500 company, giving it special status as one of the large-cap companies making up the S&P 500 Index. In general, dividend amounts are not always predictable and tend to follow the ups and downs of profitability at each company. In the case of Broadridge Financial Solutions, looking at the history chart for BR below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 2% annual yield. Click here to find out which 9 other dividend stocks just recently went on sale » The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.