Here are key updates on 3 dividend payers

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INTEL CORP. $56 remains a buy. The computer chip maker (Nasdaq symbol INTC; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 4.0 billion; Market cap: $224.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.intel.com) last raised your quarterly dividend by 5.3% with the March 2021 payment. The new annual rate of $1.39 yields 2.5%. Intel spends a high 18% of its revenue on research. Thanks to that spending, it recently launched the new version of its Xeon server chips, which are 62% faster than the older model. That extra speed will help datacentres expand their cloud computing and artificial intelligence activities. The stock has gained 11% since the start of 2021. Even so, it still trades at a moderate 12.2 times the company’s projected 2021 earnings of $4.60 a share. Intel is a buy. POWER CORP. $40 is a buy. The conglomerate (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares o/s: 622.0 million; Market cap: $24.9 billion; Dividend…