Plenty of CEOs remain stuck working from home and boards may still be meeting virtually, but companies are shifting their sights from surviving the coronavirus pandemic to charting new courses through it. Verizon Communications Inc. is jumping into the low end of the wireless market. Clorox Co. directors picked their next leader. A railroad set a new profit goal for…
Covid-19 has led to widespread changes to financial guidance, buyback programs and dividend payments across the whole of the US equity market, although notable differences exist between different market-cap segments, according to new research. IR Magazine has worked with MyLogIQ, a provider of intelligence tools focused on compliance and disclosure, to understand how companies on the…
According to a review of SEC filings by S&P 500 companies by MyLogIQ, as of May 11: 273 S&P 500 companies have switched to virtual meetings 146 S&P 500 companies have suspended share buybacks 50 S&P 500 companies have suspended or cut dividends 37 S&P 500 companies have instituted job freezes 91 S&P 500 companies have cut executive…
According to a review of SEC filings by S&P 500 companies by MyLogIQ, as of May 4: 264 S&P 500 companies have switched to virtual meetings 113 S&P 500 companies have suspended share buybacks 42 S&P 500 companies have suspended or cut dividends 28 S&P 500 companies have instituted job freezes 83 S&P 500 companies have cut executive…
According to a review of SEC filings by S&P 500 companies by MyLogIQ, as of April 14: 65 S&P 500 companies have switched to virtual meetings 43 S&P 500 companies have suspended share buybacks 16 S&P 500 companies have suspended dividends 13 S&P 500 companies have instituted job freezes 47 S&P 500 companies have cut executive compensation (base…
With the first quarter in the books, big companies are preparing to disclose to investors early indications of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic. The respiratory illness has shut down many parts of the U.S. economy, spurring a wave of layoffs and furloughs that resulted in a record 17 million unemployment claims in a…
According to a review of SEC filings by S&P 500 companies by MyLogIQ, as of April 7: 55 S&P 500 companies have switched to virtual meetings 39 S&P 500 companies have suspended share buybacks 16 S&P 500 companies have suspended dividends 10 S&P 500 companies have instituted job freezes 28 S&P 500 companies have cut executive compensation (base…
According to a review of SEC filings by Fortune 100 companies by MyLogIQ, as of March 30: 36 F100 companies have switched or plan to switch to virtual shareholder meetings 11 F100 companies have suspended share buybacks 4 F100 companies have instituted job freezes 5 F100 companies have cut executive compensation (base salaries) 6 F100 companies have added…
3M Suspends Operations in Venezuela – On June 11, 2019, 3M reported that it had suspended its operations indefinitely in the troubled country. Significantly, 3M did not identify Venezuela as a risk factor in its last four years of SEC filings. 3M joins a host of other companies as indicated by the CompanyIQ® SEC EDGAR…