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Forbes
20 hours ago
- Business
- Forbes
Noble Passes Through 8% Yield Mark
In trading on Friday, shares of Noble were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2), with the stock changing hands as low as $24.60 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example you purchased shares of the iShares Russell 3000 ETF back on 5/31/2000 — you would have paid $78.27 per share. Fast forward to 5/31/2012 and each share was worth $77.79 on that date, a loss of $0.48 or 0.6% decrease over twelve years. But now consider that you collected a whopping $10.77 per share in dividends over the same period, increasing your return to 13.15%. Even with dividends reinvested, that only amounts to an average annual total return of about 1.0%; so by comparison collecting a yield above 8% would appear considerably attractive if that yield is sustainable. Noble is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets. 10 Stocks Where Yields Got More Juicy » In general, dividend amounts are not always predictable and tend to follow the ups and downs of profitability at each company. In the case of Noble, looking at the history chart for NE below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 8% annual yield. NE tickertech Other Top Dividends
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Noble Investment Group acquires 16 WoodSpring Suites hotels
This story was originally published on Hotel Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Hotel Dive newsletter. Noble Investment Group acquired 16 WoodSpring Suites hotels, an extended stay brand under Choice Hotels International, the Atlanta-based real estate investment firm announced Wednesday. Noble did not share terms of the deal, and did not immediately respond to a Hotel Dive request for comment. Noble said the acquisitions, which occurred through two portfolio transactions, further advance its platform of branded extended stay hotels — 'an asset class at the convergence of hospitality, mobility, and America's accelerating demand for flexible, cost-efficient living solutions.' The firm is no stranger to the brand, having previously snapped up a multiproperty portfolio of WoodSpring Suites in 2023. Noble Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer Ben Brunt said the acquisitions are part of the firm's bid to scale 'a high-margin, service-light platform that delivers brand-backed reliability without the burden of traditional leases.' Noble has a $6 billion portfolio in the U.S., including properties under multiple hotel companies' extended stay brands. The firm called its extended stay platform 'purpose-built for today's evolving economy.' Last year, the firm announced a $1 billion final close for its Noble Hospitality Fund V, a real estate fund focused on investments in select-service and extended stay hotels. In 2023, Noble acquired a 10-hotel portfolio of WoodSpring Suites properties across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. At the time, the company said it had acquired 48 hotels in the select-service and extended stay spaces over the prior two years. 'It became clear, as we moved through the pandemic, that the [extended stay] segment of the hospitality business, specifically the economy and midscale segments, were the most resilient from an occupancy standpoint, and it has the potential, if properly run, to be the most profitable segment relative to gross operating profit margins,' Brunt told Hotel Dive in 2023. Noble has also built multiple properties under Marriott International's StudioRes extended stay brand, which launched in 2023. Select-service and extended stay hotels 'dominated' in terms of hotel transactions closed in the first quarter of 2025, according to JLL. The segment is poised for investment wins this year given its 'durable returns in a volatile market,' JLL reported earlier this year. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Darts legend retires from Premier League Darts immediately after Luke Littler vs Luke Humphries final
DARTS icon George Noble has retired from the Premier League. The referee has stepped down after officiating the 2025 final between Luke Littler and Luke Humphries. 2 Referee George Noble has quit Premier League Darts Credit: Getty 2 His last Premier League match was the final between Luke Humphries and Luke Littler Credit: PA Noble, 56, has been one of the top callers in darts for the last three decades. He has worked on the PDC Tour since 2007 - prior to that he was part of the BDO team. That means he has witnessed the best in the world over the past three decades, culminating in the two biggest stars fighting it out to win the Premier League. Noble began his career as a referee in 1992 and he has been a regular caller on the Pro Tour ever since. READ MORE IN DARTS SHOWING FAITH Luke Littler's rumoured girlfriend Faith Millar cheers star on at darts final He called every BDO World Championship final between 1995 and 2007. He joined the PDC Tour later in 2007 , where he called the first ever nine-dart finish in PDC World Darts Championship history when Raymond van Barneveld hit a perfect leg against Jelle Klaasen in 2009. Since then he has been the voice of a total of 21 televised nine-darters - more than any other referee. While he has taken part in 18 World Darts Championships. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS 'The Puppy' already called time on his work as a referee on the European Tour, stepping away after the Dutch Darts Championship last week. After confirming his retirement plans, Noble spoke about the future of refereeing, saying: "I think it's time we had the first female referee at a major tournament…and maybe even the first non-British one, too."
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Darts legend retires from Premier League Darts immediately after Luke Littler vs Luke Humphries final
DARTS icon George Noble has retired from the Premier League. The referee has stepped down after officiating the 2025 final between Advertisement 2 Referee George Noble has quit Premier League Darts Credit: Getty 2 His last Premier League match was the final between Luke Humphries and Luke Littler Credit: PA Noble, 56, has been one of the top callers in darts for the last three decades. He has worked on the PDC Tour since 2007 - prior to that he was part of the BDO team. That means he has witnessed the best in the world over the past three decades, culminating in the two biggest stars fighting it out to win the Premier League. Noble began his career as a referee in 1992 and he has been a regular caller on the Pro Tour ever since. Advertisement READ MORE IN DARTS He called every BDO World Championship final between 1995 and 2007. He joined the PDC Tour later in 2007 , where he called the first ever nine-dart finish in PDC World Darts Championship history when Since then he has been the voice of a total of 21 televised nine-darters - more than any other referee. While he has taken part in 18 World Darts Championships. Advertisement Most read in Darts JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS 'The Puppy' already called time on his work as a referee on the European Tour, stepping away after the Dutch Darts Championship last week. After confirming his retirement plans, Noble spoke about the future of refereeing , saying: "I think it's time we had the first female referee at a major tournament…and maybe even the first non-British one, too." Fans sing along to Luke Littler's walk-on song as darts star shares footage from stage
Otago Daily Times
3 days ago
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Exposing the truth of the beautiful green
Twenty-five years after a mid-career retrospective exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, leading New Zealand photographer Anne Noble returns with a collaborative exhibition depicting the degraded state of fresh water across Kāi Tahu tribal lands. She talks to Rebecca Fox about the role photography can have in public discourse. The signs say it all, 40 of them lined up precisely on a wall - ''warning toxic algae'', ''anglers and picnickers beware'', ''water may contain pollutants'' repeated over and over. Each one has been photographed by leading contemporary photographer Anne Noble as she journeyed around Canterbury and Southland with members of Kāi Tahu to capture the state of waterways, past and present, on Kāi Tahu tribal lands. No stranger to following the journey of rivers - Noble first came to national recognition for her work on the Whanganui River in the 1980s - she was engaged by Te Kura Taka Pini to create an extensive photographic archive of the waterways illustrating not only the devastation of waterways but also the resilience of whānau, hapū, and iwi striving to restore wai Māori, uphold rakatirataka, and protect mahika kai practices. The photos were used to support Kāi Tahu's statement of claim before the High Court in Christchurch seeking recognition of Kāi Tahu rakatirataka (authority) over wai Māori, fresh water, within their takiwā (area). ''Rivers are in my blood. The Whanganui project was a very personal story but that's a lifetime away. Today I'm much more interested in the politics of our relationship to water. There is a conflict between seeing and using rivers as an economic resource and how this impacts on rivers as living entities that are not separate from human and cultural needs and relationships. My hope is that this exhibition can provide a means to think about these things.'' It was important for Noble to clarify her role in the project as a non mana whenua contributor before she took up the project but she believes photography is a good medium to connect people to places they all inhabit, particularly those affected by various forces of degradation such as the increasing impacts on our waterways of intensive agriculture, forestry, and especially the intensification of dairy, in the South, in Canterbury and Southland. ''Photography is a great medium to insert itself into public discourse. If what the Ngai Tahu claim is wanting to establish is rakatirataka and partnership in managing the health and wellbeing of our waterways, then representation of the impacts of degradation and the impacts on people and their relationships to water is telling everybody's story. So we've worked together on a project that is supporting the Ngāi Tahu Statement of Claim - but it is also a story about water for all of us.''But she is quick to point out, this is not her story to tell. ''So, I've been there, [with] the privilege of seeing with people - through their eyes as it were - to bring something into the public domain. It is important to me that the stories that accompany the photographs are not mine.'' She has done so in her own way with ''Unutai e! Unutai e!'' at Dunedin Public Art Gallery by providing the photographs, while members of Kāi Tahu, who were plaintiffs in the High Court case, do the talking through their portraits and their stories of waterway degradation. For Noble it has highlighted how images of the landscape can often hide a lie. ''People will drive through New Zealand and they'll see the endless beautiful green. Underpinning the green is another story. The landscapes in this exhibition tell a different story. Yes, and it is not a pretty one.'' Close-ups of algae blooms and pivot irrigators contrast with aerial views of river and estuary mouths running green. ''These show degradation of water at what are often long-standing traditional mahinga kai sites. So these images point to the impact on mahinga kai customs and practices. All over Canterbury, all over Southland, you can see giant pivot irrigators. Reshaping the landscape. It's all about turning it green. ''And yet the impact of over-abstraction of water is something that you see evidence of when you visit the estuaries. And there's not enough flow in the river to turn the stones and clean the river.'' A portrait of Upoko o Kāi Te Ruahikihiki ki Ōtākou Edward Ellison sits beside one of a dry, empty paddock - what was Lake Tatawai, 24 hectares of water where the people who lived at the Māori Kāik (Maitapapa) and Ōtākou settlements would have sought out moulting ducks, īnaka (whitebait) and tuna (eels). ''You're up to your knees in mud these days, whereas back in the day you could see to the bottom through clear columns of water to gravelly lake and riverbeds,'' he says in the exhibition label. She created a collection of signs warning of toxic algae blooms and polluted waters and hung many of them together on one wall. Many were in traditional mahina kai sites. ''This collection of 40 signs is my idea of a landscape. Each of them is a beautiful little individual landscape that just happens to have a toxic water warning sign in the middle of it. All together they are a jolting reminder of what we are doing to our environment.'' It is her intention for the exhibition to offer an opportunity to stop, encounter the people, the places and, most importantly, the issues that underpin the Ngai Tahu claim for rakatiraka over wai Māori. ''Bring your attention really to things that are overlooked or not seen. The artistry or the concept is to make something that's inherently ugly incredibly beautiful. And in your then experience of something that is beautiful, yet toxic, is a state of confusion that amplifies something.'' She points to a close-up image of water flowing over rocks. Look closer and you can see algae growth. ''That would kill your dog.'' ''The role of art is to unsettle and to challenge as well as to uplift. And beauty can be very unsettling. If you look closely at some of these pictures - they are beautiful - but they are of very ugly things. When you've been conned, really, by beauty - then you have to go away and think about it, especially when you realise the reality being presented is not beautiful at all.'' Look at Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora), Noble, who has an Arts Foundation Laureate Award and a New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to photography, says. ''It's a famous lake, very important to Ngāi Tahu. What is shown here are the state of three of the many rivers that flow into Te Waihora that all run through intensive dairy country. This lake is ranked as one of the worst in the world in terms of the state of its water.'' Another photograph shows a person lifting a whitebait net out of the river, basically covered in liquid cow manure. Given the impact for Kāi Tahu on mahinga kai customs and practices, Noble has given species such as tuna and inanga status and mana by creating ''portraits'' of them. Alongside are some ''little stories'' of the science being done to protect species such as a tuna monitoring project at Lake Whakatipu which is trying to understand the impacts on the important traditional food source. It seemed fitting for portraits of tuna that are abstract and ambiguous to end the exhibition, she says. Being able to amplify the surfaces of the tuna and turn them into a kind of ''magic moment'' is something only photography can do. ''Their skins are glorious, they're beautifully slithery, but it's like light and flashes of light in the water and it's just turning that into something a little more abstract.'' Some of the waterway images have been taken on a drone - a first and ''great adventure'' for Noble, who was excited by the ability it gave her to capture the water from a height even if she was petrified she was going to crash it. ''You get a sense of kind of the scale of things. And when light catches water from above you can see the world in the way that you can't as a short person with feet on the ground.'' She is happy to use any tool ''that is the right tool'' to capture the image she is after. Some images take hours to capture and others she does not know she has captured until she develops them. ''Photographs can be magical accidents. Sometimes you find you have much more in an image than what you actually saw at the time. And then when you recognise that you try and make sense of it and make sure that magic is there for others to find in the picture that you've created.'' The project also came along as Noble retired from teaching photography at Massey University College of Creative Arts, Toi Rauwharangi giving her the opportunity to focus full-time on her own work. ''I'm not afraid of big projects.'' The archive is a continuation of Noble's interest in environmental issues from her Antarctic series, mostly developed between 2001 and 2014, to her more recent work In the company of bees and her ongoing project In a Forest Dark . TO SEE ''Unutai e! Unutai e!'', Kāi Tahu & Anne Noble, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Saturday, May 31. 10.30am: Panel Discussion: Ki Uta Ki Tai: What is the future for our wai? 1pm: Exhibition Tour: Join Ōtākou whānau, Te Kura Taka Pini, and members of the Unutai e! Unutai e! working group on a tour of the exhibition 2.30pm: Performance: He Waka Kōtuia
