AmerisourceBergen Corp. Increases Dividend Rate 15%

By David Zanoni:Amerisource Bergen (ABC) is a $9.97 billion pharmaceutical and distribution services company. The company distributes brand name & generic prescription pharmaceuticals and OTC products to various healthcare facilities. Amerisource is the leader in oncology distribution, blood plasma products, and dialysis distribution. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

By F.A.S.T. Graphs:With this company appearing currently undervalued, the prudent dividend investor might want to conduct their own due diligence on AmerisourceBergen Corp (ABC) to see if it's a fit for their portfolio.

By F.A.S.T. Graphs:A Dividend Challenger is defined as a company that has increased its dividend every year for 5-9 straight years. AmerisourceBergen Corp (ABC) is a Dividend Challenger that has raised its dividend every year for 7 consecutive years. The complete Dividend Challengers list is compiled courtesy of David Fish.

By Bret Jensen:The sovereign debt contagion in Europe and the political and economic uncertainty domestically makes my stance for the first half of 2012 cautious. One area I am comfortable investing in is healthcare due to the low valuation and steady earnings growth in the area. I particularly like Healthcare services as companies in this sector are not hostage to FDA approvals, drug expirations and clinical trial results. Here are three I like at current price levels.

By Trefis: Walgreen (WAG) stock has risen almost 10% since the company announced its Q3 2013 results on Tuesday. The rise was backed by a strong performance during the quarter and the announcement of a 10-year agreement with AmerisourceBergen (ABC).

Fierce Healthcare -- "With retail clinics increasing ten-fold, more health systems and hospitals are capitalizing on the trend and getting in on the retail movement.

Quick Take Walgreen reports flat revenues at $18.6 billion with net profit up about 11% to $756 million The company also announced a 10-year agreement with pharmacy services provider AmerisourceBergen Sales helped by growth in prescriptions filled mitigating the negative impact of growing generic drug introductions Front end sales take a hit despite the company launching more new format stores Growth in generic prescription drug introductions and the new agreement with AmerisourceBergen will further help the company’s growing margins The return of Express Scripts prescriptions and growth in ge

Minneapolis StarTribune -- After years of sitting on the sidelines as CVS and Walgreens rapidly opened medical clinics nationwide, Target Corp. said Tuesday it will open eight new Target Clinics by the end of July, including four in the Twin Cities. It marks the second eight-store burst in six months for the Minneapolis-based retailer, after expanding into Chicago and Palm Beach for the first time in September.