dividend
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The 10% dividend hike accelerates recent growth following a 4% rise last year and 3% the year before, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The letter said the deal would allow Brown-Forman investors to roll over shares into a company with “significant upside” and a higher dividend payout than the current offering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Operating cash flow is projected at 5.0 billion ringgit-5.2 billion ringgit, supporting a sustainable dividend yield of around 5%, she adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
On the ex-dividend date, a fund’s share price typically drops by the exact value of the declared dividend.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
He noted how high the company’s dividend was and wondered if he should buy some of its stock for himself.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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The company had been the beneficiary of a federal “loan guarantee” program that aimed to spur investment in experimental technologies that were unproven but could yield huge financial or climate dividends.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The mainland companies paid profits to the offshore entities, which disbursed dividends to shareholders in foreign currencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Momentum investing has paid huge dividends over time, and it is strongly endorsed by academic research, but the returns can be lumpy — you will occasionally get a very nasty spell of underperformance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Today’s hottest stocks have very long durations since they pay small or no dividends and dangle distant profits when they’re expected to dominate AI or space or whatever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Both of these decisions paid dividends the following year, when the prospects for an outright declaration of war against France looked virtually certain.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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