dividends
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Apple’s total return, including reinvested dividends, was north of 2,700% in Cook’s 15-year tenure as chief executive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
James Harlow, director of research at Novare Capital Management in Charlotte, N.C., only buys stocks in companies that have raised their dividends for 10 years in a row.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
These are stocks of companies that have increased their dividends to common shareholders for at least 25 consecutive years.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
The company previously sought to return at least 50% of underlying net profit as dividends, with a target payout ratio of 50-80%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Thus both Luria and Delbruck hoped the Copenhagen lab would be the place where the combined techniques of chemistry and genetics might eventually yield real biological dividends.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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