Bill Gates The Microsoft co-founder has been active in investing for change to reduce the impact of climate change. Gates does this by working in companies such as quantum landscape QAwhose goal is the development of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles.
Another ESG investment is the microsoft corp MSFT Co-founder is his recent endorsement of Ecolab ECLthat manufactures and markets cleaning and hygiene products for the hospitality, healthcare, etc industrial markets.
Here are three dividend stocks Gates owns to hedge against recession risk.
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- Canadian National Railway Co. CRF offers a dividend yield of 2.67%, or $2.92 per share annually on quarterly payments, with a mixed track record of growing its dividends. The Canadian National Railway spans Canada from coast to coast, stretching through Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2019, it delivered nearly 6 million truckloads on its 19,600-mile routes. Under its current Normal Course Issuer Bid (NCIB), the Company may repurchase up to 42 million shares of its common stock between February 1, 2022 and January 31, 2023. As of June 30, 2022, Canadian National had repurchased 15.2 million common shares for approximately $2.3 billion under his current NCIB.
- Walmart Inc. WMT offers a dividend yield of 1.71%, or $2.24 per share annually, makes quarterly payments, and has an aristocratic track record of growing its dividends for 48 consecutive years. Walmart operated over 10,500 stores under 46 banners at the end of fiscal 2022, selling a variety of general merchandise and grocery items. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company repurchased approximately 26 million shares in the second quarter of fiscal 2023 and has the remaining $4.9 billion of its $20 billion authorization program approved in February 2021 Membership is at an all-time high, in the second…
