-- Especially in light of all time low interest rates,
dividend shares offer an attractive alternative.
Not exact matches
But even at that level the
shares offer a substantial yield (2.6 %), and the
dividend has been raised for 12 years running.
The firm maintains an index of S&P 500 companies spanning nine sectors that have
offered the highest yield from
share repurchases and
dividend payments over the past 12 months.
The purchase price of each
Share will be (i) not less than the net asset value per
Share (the «NAV Per
Share») of the Company's common stock (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Company or a committee thereof, in its sole discretion) immediately prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the
Offer to Purchase)(the date of repurchase) and (ii) not more than 2.5 % greater than the NAV Per
Share as of such date, plus any unpaid
dividends accrued through the expiration date of the Tender
Offer.
If the company maintains $ 120 million per year in
share repurchases, it
offers investors a 4.4 % yield when combined with Allegiant's
dividend, not including special
dividends.
The tender
offer closed in September 2011, and at the close of the transaction, the Company recorded $ 34.7 million as compensation expense related to the excess of the selling price per
share of common stock paid to the Company's employees and consultants over the fair value of the tendered
share, and $ 35.8 million as deemed
dividends in relation to excess of the selling price per
share of common and preferred stock paid to existing investors in excess of the fair value of the
shares tendered.
[112] The company began to
offer a
dividend on January 16, 2003, starting at eight cents per
share for the fiscal year followed by a
dividend of sixteen cents per
share the subsequent year, switching from yearly to quarterly
dividends in 2005 with eight cents a
share per quarter and a special one - time payout of three dollars per
share for the second quarter of the fiscal year.
They use a long - run sentiment index derived from principal component analysis of six sentiment measures: trading volume as measured by NYSE turnover; the
dividend premium; the closed - end fund discount; the number of and first - day returns on Initial Public
Offerings; and, the equity
share in new issues.
Shares of fast - growing companies
offer a higher total return with only a little more volatility and you can create a
dividend anytime you need it.
HSBC
offers a
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) and given the high yield on cost, my
share count will inrease nicely over time.
- Applying a 3.5 x revenue multiple to WU.com, which is a discount to Xoom's 4.8 x revenue takeover multiple, and 15x EV / FCF to WU's remaining businesses (retail C2C, C2B, and B2B), which is a substantial discount to MoneyGram's 21x EV / FCF takeover valuation, they derive an intrinsic value estimate of ~ $ 33 per
share for WU at the end of 2020,
offering ~ 72 % upside, or a 3.5 - year IRR of ~ 20 % including the
dividend (3.7 % current yield).
By aiming for a lower valuation, Aramco would be able to
offer a more competitive
dividend yield, making the giant
share sale a more attractive proposal, some of the investors said.
Dividends, the
share of profits that some companies distribute to investors, have been increasingly important because bonds still
offer relatively low interest payments and stock prices have been flat.
The 20 cents sweetener replaces a confusing
offer of two franked special
dividends worth a combined $ 1.31 WCB proposed to pay shareholders under the previous $ 9 a
share offer agreed with Saputo.
TBH I think Kroenke is our biggest problem, because he simply does not care about Arsenal, as long as he can get rewards from our reserves for «advisory services» or a
dividend as it's more commonly known, and he is also going to be the one most difficult to get rid of, as it's very unlikely he'll sell unless someone makes him an
offer he can't refuse, he hits financial problems where he'll have to sell, or Arsenal become extremely unprofitable — all of which are extremely unlikely, given that the
share price has gone up over 60 % since he bought.
If the company
offers a
dividend reinvestment plan, the amount can be paid out by the company as cash for further
shares or
share repurchase.
For
dividend growth investors, they
offer a rare opportunity to buy
shares of a high quality
dividend grower at a bargain price.
Not only does it
offer an attractive yield, it also provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of over 200 Canadian preferred
shares and
offers regular monthly
dividend income.
Even despite its 24 %
share price collapse over the last year, Nike's stock still trades at a forward P / E ratio of 21.3 and
offers a small
dividend yield of 1.3 %, which is about in line with the stock's five - year average yield.
This guarantee could be accomplished in several ways, including by
dividending or otherwise distributing all excess cash to shareholders now, or by
offering to buy back any and all
shares from holders that wish to sell at a specific price at a specific future date (i.e., $ 1.25 per
share in December, 2009).
This guaranty could be accomplished in several ways, including by
dividending or distributing all excess cash to stockholders at the present time, or by
offering to buy back any and all
Shares from stockholders that wish to sell at a specific price at a specific future date.
The S&P China A
Share Dividend Opportunities Index seeks to
offer a transparent, rules - based, diversified, and tradable strategy for investors looking for exposure to China's growth via
dividends.
Dividend Re-Investment Plan (DRIP): A program
offered by some corporations (particularly investment companies) in which shareholders may opt to use their
dividends to purchase additional
shares in the corporation in lieu of receiving cash payments.
BMO does
offer a
dividend reinvestment program, but it does not issue fractional
shares, so these ETFs will have an annoying tendency to distribute small amounts of cash that may just sit around in your account earning nothing.
Dividend reinvestment plans, or DRIPs, are plans some companies
offer to allow shareholders to receive additional
shares in lieu of cash
dividends.
RIO
offers a fat
dividend of $ 1.83 per
share, or what is currently worth 4.5 %.
The company's
share price has dropped almost 12 % from the recent highs and is
offering the highest
dividend yield in decades.
This is basically when a company
offers its shareholder the chance to receive
dividends in the form of
shares instead of cash.
Crown Castle's stock trades at 19.7 times forward AFFO per
share guidance and
offers a
dividend yield of 3.8 %.
Many companies
offer DRIPs, and do not charge extra transaction fees when
shares are bought with
dividends.
Read through the
offer documents and check to see whether the mutual funds identified meet your investment needs in terms of equity
share and bond weightings, downside risk protection, tax benefits
offered,
dividend payout policy, sector focus and other parameters of relevance to you.
Another beaten - down rate reset he has purchased is Element Financial Corp. «s (series G) preferred
shares, which
offer a current
dividend yield of about 6.8 per cent, or an after - tax interest yield of about 10 per cent.
Many of them still
offer healthy
share price returns in addition to regular
dividend growth.
The feature Transamerica Funds
offers for shareholders to reinvest their
dividends or capital gain distributions to purchase additional fund
shares, or to direct
dividends from one fund to purchase
shares of a different Transamerica fund.
Some companies that have a
dividend reinvestment plan may
offer you a discount on the
share price to encourage further investment.
Some companies will
offer to reinvest your
dividend for you by issuing you with more
shares in the company instead of a cash
dividend.
That has
shares offering a 3.5 %
dividend, a 75 % premium to the S&P 500's 2.0 % yield.
Some companies encourage participation in their
dividend reinvestment plans by
offering a small discount on
shares purchase through the plan.
And the best ones
offer an attractive combination of low p / e's (price - to - earnings ratio), steady or rising
dividend yields (annual
dividend divided by the
share price), and promising growth prospects.
Preferred
shares are equities that pay fixed
dividends without
offering investors voting rights.
A mutual life insurance company will
offer annual
dividends as a
share of the company's net profit (after claims, expenses and investment gains are figured out).
Aqua America is one of a very few companies that
offers shares purchased through
dividend reinvestment at a discount to the market price.
The
dividends of Telefonica are paid in two installements, one of them in cash and one
offered in additional
shares («script
dividends»).
The
dividends of Banco Santander are paid in four installements, three of them in cash and one is
offered in additionaly
shares (script
dividends).
Preferred stocks can
offer investors greater assurances than common
shares in terms of both knowing that they will receive the
dividend payment and knowing what the
dividend amount will be.
The
dividend rate will be the same we
offer on new term
share accounts on the maturity date which have the same term, minimum balance (if any) and other features as the original term
share account.
WTR actually
offers a 5 % discount on
shares for
dividend reinvestment.
However, smaller companies may only
offer «pseudo» equity schemes that pay
dividends but do not give employees the rights associated with traditional
share ownership, such as the right to vote at annual general meetings.
Why would I take a position in AM purchased at the exact value of the
offer plus
dividend to be paid prior to buyout closure ($ 18.35 /
share, made up of $ 18.20 in buyout price plus $.15 in
dividends)?
Synthetic
Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRiPs) offered by many discount brokers allow investors to reinvest dividend payments into whole shares of a stock
Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRiPs)
offered by many discount brokers allow investors to reinvest
dividend payments into whole shares of a stock
dividend payments into whole
shares of a stock or ETF.