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dividend

[div-i-dend] / ˈdɪv ɪˌdɛnd /


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The forecast dividend yield, meaning the dividends divided by the share price, is just 2.83% — again, well below averages and down sharply from the 3.6% at the end of last year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Conagra lowered its annual dividend to 70 cents a share, or 17.5 cents quarterly.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

They confer the same economic and legal ownership, dividend and governance rights as their underlying shares.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The 15 small-cap stocks listed below are those that survived this winnowing process and boast the highest dividend yields.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

“I thought you’d prefer a dividend of three.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

In the past five years, the “XLE” fund has earned a total return, including reinvested dividends, of 183%.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

They may have to reduce dividends and share buybacks.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

They are attracted by the industry’s hefty dividends and cheap valuations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Take heart in these words from AARP: “No matter how much income you receive from wages, self-employment, dividends, interest and other sources, you’ll never be taxed on all your benefits.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

He understood a lot about how to speculate for land, graze it, subdivide it, make it pay dividends.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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