The Top 100 Latin American Multinational Companies 2014

The Top 100 Latin American Multinational Companies for 2014 were published by America Economia earlier this year. The ranking was based on the “MultiLatino Index” score (not shown below). All these firms have had at least US $250 million in annual sales 2013 and operates in more than one country in the region. Source: América Economía Download: The …

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Which Brazilian Companies Are Multinationals?

The Top 100 Latin American Multinational firms were published by  América Economía earlier this year. The list was created based on two criteria: their annual sales must exceed US $250 million in 2013 and they must operate in more than one country in the region. The ranking was done using a calculated field called the “MultiLatino …

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The Top 10 U.S. Firms with Highest Growth in Annual Dividends per Share in 10 years

In an article yesterday we looked at the top 10 US companies based on the dividends paid. More important than the dividends paid is the annual dividend growth rate. This rate is especially important over many years due to the effect of compounding in boosting the investment returns assuming an investor reinvests dividends. The following table shows …

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The Top 10 U.S. Companies By Dividends Paid

The U.S. is home to some of the world’s largest and finest companies. For instance, 148 firms in the Fortune Global 500 for 2014 are based in the USA. From technology to entertainment to consumer goods, American multinationals dominate the global marketplace with companies such as Coca Cola(KO), Starbucks(SBUX), McDonald’s(MCD), Pepsi(PEP), Colgate-Palmolive(CL) becoming household names across the …

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