--- title: EasyResearch Weekly Dividends Update description: Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Apple report earnings this week, revealing AI and cloud trends. Big names like Coca-Cola, Pfizer, Airbnb, and ExxonMobil also release results. Plus, a weaker dollar boosts copper prices, and AGNC offers a 16% dividend yield. --- [EasyEquities Blog ](https://blogs.easyequities.co.za) # [EasyResearch Weekly Dividends Update](https://blogs.easyequities.co.za/dividend-20twentythrive-april-four) Written by [Cay-Low Mbedzi](https://blogs.easyequities.co.za/author/cay-low-mbedzi) | Apr 29, 2025 8:13:58 AM Before diving into this week’s dividend update, let’s take a step back. Market conditions, corporate earnings, and sector trends all play a role in shaping dividend payouts. With major tech companies - Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Apple - set to release their quarterly results, investor sentiment and dividend expectations could shift quickly. These reports are expected to provide key insights into AI investments, cloud computing, and consumer tech demand. - **Microsoft’s** third-quarter results are projected to show a 10% revenue increase, with a slight dip in net income due to cautious AI infrastructure spending amid economic and trade concerns. - **Meta** is expected to report a 16% rise in net income, driven by strong ad revenue and AI-driven engagement. - **Amazon’s** earnings will highlight its e-commerce and AWS growth, with a focus on AI investments in AWS, Alexa, and Prime Video. - **Apple’s **earnings are expected to show modest growth, driven by iPhone 16 sales and AI integration, with attention on its performance in China and capital returns, as the company plans to move the assembly of all iPhones to India. These reports could be key for both the companies and the broader market, potentially influencing investor sentiment and the tech sector’s outlook. - Furthermore, **Coca-Cola,** **Pfizer**, **Spotify**, **Starbucks**, **Visa**, **Booking Holdings**, **Robinhood**, **McDonald’s**, **Airbnb**, **Reddit**, **ExxonMobil**, and **Chevron **will also be announcing their quarterly results this week. In the commodity space, the US Dollar Index dropped over 8% last week, hitting a three-year low amid trade tensions and recession fears. Deutsche Bank analysts [warned](https://www.businessinsider.com/us-dollar-weakness-people-saying-bear-market-2025-4) of a “major dollar downtrend,” adding, “The dollar bear market is finally here.” The weaker dollar boosted copper prices, and Southern Copper Corporation, one of the world’s largest copper miners, has a deadline this week for shareholders to qualify for its dividend and additional share offer at a [defined ratio](https://southerncoppercorp.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/pr250410.pdf). When it comes to high-yield stocks, this week includes AGNC Investment Corp. (a real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily invests in agency residential mortgage-backed securities), which has an annual dividend yield of over 16% as of writing. Here's the full update for this week.   **South Africa** **Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV** will be paying €1.00 per share.  - Last trading date - 02 May 2025  - Payment date – 08 May 2025   **United Kingdom** **Centrica PLC **will be paying £0.03 per share. - Last trading date - 30 April 2025 - Payment date - 05 June 2025 **Inchcape PLC** will be paying £0.17 per share. - Last trading date - 30 April 2025 - Payment date - 16 June 2025   **United States** Enterprise Products Partners LP will be paying $0.53 per share. - Last trading date - 29 April 2025 - Payment date - 14 May 2025 **Morgan Stanley** will be paying $0.92 per share. - Last trading date - 29 April 2025 - Payment date - 15 May 2025 **EPR Properties **will be paying $0.29 per share. - Last trading date - 29 April 2025 - Payment date - 15 May 2025 **STAG Industrial Inc** will be paying $0.12 per share. - Last trading date - 29 April 2025 - Payment date - 15 May 2025 **Entegris Inc** will be paying $0.10 per share. - Last trading date - 29 April 2025 - Payment date - 21 May 2025 **Kinder Morgan Inc **will be paying $0.29 per share. - Last trading date - 29 April 2025 - Payment date - 15 May 2025 **AGNC Investment Corp** will be paying $0.12 per share. - Last trading date - 29 April 2025 - Payment date - 09 May 2025 **Texas Instruments Inc **will be paying $1.36 per share. - Last trading date - 29 April 2025 - Payment date - 13 May 2025 **Agree Realty Corp** will be paying $0.25 per share. - Last trading date - 29 April 2025 - Payment date - 14 May 2025 **Realty Income Corporation **will be paying $0.26 per share. - Last trading date - 30 April 2025 - Payment date - 15 May 2025 **Carrier Global Corp** will be paying $0.22 per share. - Last trading date - 01 May 2025 - Payment date - 22 May 2025 **Costco Wholesale Corp** will be paying $1.30 per share. - Last trading date - 01 May 2025 - Payment date - 16 May 2025 **Southern Copper Corporation **will be paying $0.70 per share. - Last trading date - 01 May 2025 - Payment date - 19 May 2025 **D.R. Horton Inc **will be paying $0.40 per share. - Last trading date - 01 May 2025 - Payment date - 09 May 2025 **Hingham Institution for Savings** will be paying $0.63 per share. - Last trading date - 02 May 2025 - Payment date - 14 May 2025 **Omega Healthcare Investors Inc **will be paying $0.67 per share. - Last trading date - 02 May 2025 - Payment date - 15 May 2025 **Citigroup Inc **will be paying $0.56 per share. - Last trading date - 02 May 2025 - Payment date - 23 May 2025 **Synchrony Financial **will be paying $0.30 per share. - Last trading date - 02 May 2025 - Payment date - 15 May 2025 **Eaton Corporation Plc** will be paying $1.04 per share. - Last trading date - 02 May 2025 - Payment date - 23 May 2025 **ONEOK Inc **will be paying $1.03 per share. - Last trading date - 02 May 2025 - Payment date - 15 May 2025   **United Kingdom** **Centrica PLC **will be paying £0.03 per share. - Last trading date - 30 April 2025 - Payment date - 05 June 2025 **Inchcape PLC** will be paying £0.17 per share. - Last trading date - 30 April 2025 - Payment date - 16 June 2025       Sources – EasyResearch. 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