Crown Castle (CCI) H1 2026: Dividends Exceed Continuing Free Cash Flow by $116M
Crown Castle’s remaining tower business did not fully fund its dividends after capital spending in the first half of 2026. Continuing free cash flow—calculated here as operating cash from continuing operations less capital spending—was $816 million against $932 million of cash dividends, a $116 million gap.
Sherwin-Williams (SHW) H1 2026: Buybacks and Dividends Exceed Free Cash Flow by $991.7M
Sherwin-Williams’ buybacks and dividends totaled $2,231.6 million in the first half of 2026, exceeding free cash flow of $1,239.9 million by $991.7 million.
Halliburton (HAL) Q2 FY2026 Earnings: Operating Profit Fell 6.1% Excluding $95M in Net Credits
Halliburton’s Q2 FY2026 operating income increased $51M to $778M, but included $95M of net credits—accounting items that increased profit—from investments, a government recovery and other items.
Intuit (INTU) FY2026 Operating Cash Flow: Lower Tax Payments Help Drive 42.4% Growth
Intuit’s FY2026 cash generation strengthened, but lower tax payments explain a substantial part of the improvement. Operating cash flow rose 42.4% to $8.84 billion
Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Q2 FY2026 Earnings: Restructuring Drives 5.9% Operating Profit Decline
Colgate-Palmolive’s second-quarter revenue rose 4.9% to $5,361M, but $129M of restructuring charges helped push reported operating profit down 5.9% to $1,016M.
Travelers (TRV) Q2 FY2026 Earnings: Lower Catastrophe Losses Help Lift Profit 46.3%
Travelers’ second-quarter FY2026 net income rose 46.3%, from $1.509 billion to $2.208 billion, helped by catastrophe losses falling from $927 million to $518 million
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) H1 FY2026: Buybacks and Dividends Exceed Free Cash Flow by $894M
Illinois Tool Works paid shareholders $2.053 billion through dividends and buybacks in the first half of fiscal 2026, exceeding its $1.159 billion of free cash flow by $894 million.
Uber (UBER) Q2 FY2026 Earnings: Operating Profit Up 30%, Investment Gains Lift Net Income
Uber’s operating profit rose 30.3% to $1,890M in Q2 FY2026 from $1,450M a year earlier, while $1,612M of pretax investment gains helped lift net income attributable to Uber by 76.7% to $2,394M.
PPG Industries (PPG) Q2 FY2026 Earnings: Sales Rose 7.2%, but Pretax Profit Fell 4.8%
PPG’s revenue increased 7.2% to $4,495 million in Q2 FY2026 from $4,195 million a year earlier, but profit before tax fell 4.8% to $569 million from $598 million
PSEG (PEG) H1 2026 Free Cash Flow: Dividends Exceeded Cash After Capital Spending by $306M
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) generated $362 million of cash after property and equipment investment in the first half of 2026, leaving a $306 million dividend funding gap against $668 million of dividends.
AMETEK (AME) H1 2026 Free Cash Flow: $878M Covers $608M in Acquisitions and Payouts
AMETEK generated $877.7 million of free cash flow in the first half of 2026, enough to cover $608.2 million of completed acquisitions, dividends and share repurchases.
NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) Q2 FY2026 Earnings: Operating Profit Rises 55.9% on 19.5% Revenue Growth
NXP’s semiconductor recovery translated into higher profitability in Q2 FY2026. Revenue rose 19.5% from $2,926M to $3,496M, while operating profit rose 55.9% from $687M to $1,071M compared with the same quarter a year earlier.