Johnson & Johnson: A Core Dividend Growth Stock

Johnson & Johnson is one of the premier blue-chip companies in the world. For much of the past two decades, Mr. Market has traditionally applied a premium valuation to this high-quality enterprise.

The Johnson & Johnson dividend has been paid continuously since 1963 and increased for 58 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend King, Dividend Aristocrat, and Dividend Champion.

• GICS Sub-industry: Pharmaceuticals

• Market Cap: 400.347 Bil.

• TEV: 417.215 Bil.

• S&P Credit Rating: AAA

• 26% LT Debt/Cap

• NYS

General

Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries (the Company) have approximately 132,200 employees worldwide engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a broad range of products in the health care field. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, with operating companies conducting business in virtually all countries of the world. The Company’s primary focus is products related to human health and well-being. Johnson & Johnson was incorporated in the State of New Jersey in 1887.

The Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson is the principal management group responsible for the strategic operations and allocation of the resources of the Company. This Committee oversees and coordinates the activities of the Company's three business segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices. Within the strategic parameters provided by the Committee, senior management groups at U.S. and international operating companies are each responsible for their own strategic plans and the day-to-day operations of those companies. Each subsidiary within the business segments is, with limited exceptions, managed by residents of the country where located.

Segments of Business

The Company is organized into three business segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices.

Consumer

The Consumer segment includes a broad range of products focused on personal healthcare used in the beauty, over-the-counter pharmaceutical, baby care, oral care, women’s health and wound care markets. Major brands in Beauty include the AVEENO®; CLEAN & CLEAR®; DR. CI:LABO®; NEUTROGENA® and OGX® product lines. Over-the-counter medicines include the broad family of TYLENOL® acetaminophen products; SUDAFED® cold, flu and allergy products; BENADRYL® and ZYRTEC® allergy products; MOTRIN® IB ibuprofen products; NICORETTE® smoking cessation products outside the U.S.; ZARBEE’S NATURALS® and the PEPCID® line of acid reflux products. Baby Care includes the JOHNSON’S® and AVEENO Baby® line of products. Oral Care includes the LISTERINE® product line. Major brands in Women’s Health outside of North America are STAYFREE® and CAREFREE® sanitary pads and o.b.®tampon brands. Wound Care brands include the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages and NEOSPORIN®First Aid product lines. These products are marketed to the general public and sold online and to retail outlets and distributors throughout the world.

Pharmaceutical

The Pharmaceutical segment is focused on six therapeutic areas: Immunology (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis), Infectious Diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS), Neuroscience (e.g., mood disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and schizophrenia), Oncology (e.g., prostate cancer and hematologic malignancies), Cardiovascular and Metabolism (e.g., thrombosis and diabetes) and Pulmonary Hypertension (e.g., Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension). Medicines in this segment are distributed directly to retailers, wholesalers, hospitals and health care professionals for prescription use. Key products in the Pharmaceutical segment include: REMICADE® (infliximab), a treatment for a number of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases; SIMPONI® (golimumab), a subcutaneous treatment for adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, active psoriatic arthritis, active ankylosing spondylitis and moderately active to severely active ulcerative colitis; SIMPONI ARIA® (golimumab), an intravenous treatment for adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, active psoriatic arthritis and active ankylosing spondylitis; STELARA®(ustekinumab), a treatment for adults and children with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, for adults with active psoriatic arthritis, for adults with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease and treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. Many of these medicines were developed in collaboration with strategic partners or are licensed from other companies and maintain active lifecycle development programs.

Medical Devices

The Medical Devices segment includes a broad range of products used in the orthopaedic, surgery, interventional solutions (cardiovascular and neurovascular) and eye health fields. These products are distributed to wholesalers, hospitals and retailers, and used principally in the professional fields by physicians, nurses, hospitals, eye care professionals and clinics. They include orthopaedic products; general surgery, biosurgical, endomechanical and energy products; electrophysiology products to treat cardiovascular disease; and vision products such as disposable contact lenses and ophthalmic products related to cataract and laser refractive surgery.

Seasonality

Worldwide sales do not reflect any significant degree of seasonality; however, spending has been heavier in the fourth quarter of each year than in other quarters. This reflects increased spending decisions, principally for advertising and research and development activity.

Competition

In all of their product lines, the Company's subsidiaries compete with companies both locally and globally. Competition exists in all product lines without regard to the number and size of the competing companies involved. Competition in research, both internally and externally sourced, involving the development and the improvement of new and existing products and processes, is particularly significant. The development of new and innovative products, as well as protecting the underlying intellectual property of the Company’s product portfolio, is important to the Company's success in all areas of its business. The competitive environment requires substantial investments in continuing research.

Insider Transactions 2020 - Showing Open Market Only

• 07/28/20 McEvoy Ashley  

Open Market Purchase Common Stock

$147.47 - 29,000 - $4,276,630

• 03/13/20 Perez William D

Open Market Purchase Common Stock

$127.69 - 500 - $63,843

• 02/21/20 Mongon Thibaut   Exec VP, WW Chair, Consumer

Open Market Sale Common Stock

$147.96 - 39,224 - $5,803,583

• 01/30/20 Sneed Michael E   EVP, Global Corp Aff & COO

Open Market SaleCommon Stock

$149.39- 58,128 - $8,683,568

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