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Forget the flashy AI names for a second and look at your own kitchen counter. There’s a decent chance a box of tissues, a can of something salty, and a sleeve of cookies are sitting on it right now, and all three were likely made by companies that pay you to own their shares. That’s the pitch behind these
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The tissue box: Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark (NASDAQ: KMB), the company behind Kleenex, Scott, and Cottonelle, did something unusual this year: It got smaller on purpose. In July, it created a joint venture with Brazilian paper giant Suzano, handing over majority control of its international tissue <a s left is a simpler, more North America-focused company.
The company trimmed down to focus on what actually makes it money here at home. It
<p><strong>Hormel Foods</strong> (NYSE: HRL) owns brands such as Spam, Skippy, and Applegate Farms, and this year it’s been doing more with Spam than you’d expect from a shelf-stable canned meat: debuting a Hot Honey flavor made with a Brooklyn bakery, a chicken version launched overseas, even a ” spam dog. it may seem a little silly but that sort of the point hormel is trying to make decades-old product feel current again rather than just riding on nostalgia.>
The company also just handed the CEO job to John Ghingo, who is talking about sharper branding and more premium <a d flag one real catch: On a reported basis, Hormel's has recently been distributing more via dividends than the company actually earned, largely because of non-cash impairment charges weighing on the bottom line. Strip out those one-time hits and the <a s still an issue one shouldn't ignore.
