If EPS has stayed static
while dividends per share have quadrupled, the shareholders are doing very well indeed; but unless you are aware of significant share issues that I have missed out on, it is unlikely that it has.
Not exact matches
While some banks, such as Wells Fargo, are paying more
per share than they were before the recession, others, like Citigroup, haven't increased
dividends at all.
Instead, it has concentrated on returning cash to shareholders through buybacks and
dividends; earnings
per share have risen nearly 40 % since the last quarter of 2014,
while the quarterly
dividend is up 43 %.
While no assurance can be given as to the future level of
dividends, the Manager believes NHF can continue to pay the $.24
per share dividend for the remainder of 2016 based on the following annualized projected earnings rate analysis as of January 31, 2016, excluding any one - time income and expense items:
While no assurance can be given as to the future level of
dividends, the Manager believes NHF can continue to pay the $.24
per share dividend for the remainder of 2016 based on the following annualized projected earnings rate analysis as of February 29, 2016, excluding any one - time income and expense items:
Under Greenlight's plan, the
dividend shares would pay GM's current quarterly
dividend at an annual rate of $ 1.52
per share,
while the capital appreciation
shares would be entitled to the remainder of GM's earnings in excess of current
dividends, including all future growth.
But in early 2016 Wesfarmers had a great history of building wealth for shareholders — an investment in the company's
shares in 2000 returned nearly 17 %
per year
while the Australian market, including
dividends, returned 8 % a year over the same period.
The panel said it was «strongly of the view that unacceptable circumstances had occurred» after Saputo raised its bid to $ 9.20 a
share,
while at the same time WCB withdrew the payment of special
dividends if the Canadian company's stake reached more than 50
per cent.
The performance differences comes from those seemingly paltry
dividends: Despite the much better
per share results of IBM, the shareholders who bought Standard Oil and reinvested their cash
dividends would have over 15 - times the number of
shares they started with
while IBM stockholders had only 3 - times their original amount.
But in early 2016 Wesfarmers had a great history of building wealth for shareholders — an investment in the company's
shares in 2000 returned nearly 17 %
per year
while the Australian market, including
dividends, returned 8 % a year over the same period.
The company has reduced its
share count by about 10 %
per year for the past three years
while also raising its
dividend by nearly 20 %
per year.
If the
dividends per share were reinvested and remained constant
while the stock price never recovered and stayed 20 % below its purchase price, this seemingly unfortunate investment would eventually become more profitable after 18.9 years (red highlight, intersection point between 5 %
dividend yield and 20 % price decline) than if those same
dividends were reinvested and the stock price had remained the same throughout the period.
I am not sure specifically about what you are asking and would like to hear on this myself but I don't believe there is any disadvantage
per se because I know there are programs that do
dividend reinvestment and that results in fractional ownership of a
share until it becomes a full
share and
while only your «whole»
shares are «traded» when it comes to actual worth, your fractional count too, so I assume from that if you had «whole»
shares no matter what the amount, you'd be proportionally invested as anyone owning more
shares, just to a lesser extent.
The Return OF Capital is far more important than the Return ON Capital — so
while a 5
per cent
dividend yield may appear attractive, it is highly contingent upon the
share price being maintained.
With a
dividend yield of 4.03 % I don't mind taking an assignment of another 100
shares at $ 50
while I cut my average cost
per share substantially.
If a company declares a
dividend per share of $ 5
while the stock trades at $ 100
per share, the
dividend yield will be 5 %.
The company has shown a relatively impressive ability to keep operating expenses in check and generate solid free cash flow,
while the P / E is less than 10, the
dividend payout is more than 5 % and profits
per share are expected to increase from $ 6.14 last year to $ 6.67 this year and $ 7.79 in 2015.
The September
dividend was 1.81 cents
per share,
while October's was just 1.52 cents.
While it's unlikely many
dividend growth investors today have been shareholders since the early 20th century, long term investors have benefitted from a 20 - year
dividend CAGR of 9.4 % and 10 - year CAGR of 9 %, which translates into
dividends per share increasing from $ 0.22 in 1995 to $ 1.32 in 2015.
Notice how the
dividend (blue line) has continued steadily upward, with annual increases, to its current value of $ 0.66
per share (quarterly),
while the stock's price (orange line) has gone up, down, and sideways.
Revenues are growing, earnings
per share are growing,
dividends are growing
while the payout ratio remains pretty flat around 30 %.