stock dividend
noun
1
: the payment by a corporation of a dividend in the form of shares usually of its own stock without change in par value compare stock split
2
: the stock distributed in a stock dividend
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How does bond interest stack up against the income-producing potential of stock dividends?
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Wes Moss, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Their leaders have to keep dealmakers focused on big returns while satisfying shareholders’ desire for steady profits and stock dividends.
—Dawn Lim, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
And that has been understood to mean that the government may impose taxes on wages or earnings and stock dividends, but not on property or corporate wealth that grows in value.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
In his quarter-century as chief executive of Rochester Drug Cooperative Inc., Laurence F. Doud III made the distributor the country’s seventh-largest wholesaler, sending stock dividends to record highs as revenue topped $1 billion.
—Colin Moynihan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
Janus Henderson said that total energy stock dividend payments rose 7% in the third quarter to nearly $416 billion…and 90% of oil companies either raised their dividends or held them steady, with some energy firms choosing to pay one-time special dividends.
—Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 20 Nov. 2022
Other moves have included buying a 22 percent stake in a gold mine, pushing for its popcorn to be sold in retail stores and creating a special stock dividend, called APE, for the retail investors who rallied around the stock and helped the company avoid bankruptcy.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2022
To conserve cash, the lender will suspend its stock dividend.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2023
While Disney employees are feeling pain from the announcement, Iger also took steps on Wednesday to reward shareholders by planning to reinstate the company’s stock dividend payments.
—Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
Wes Moss, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Their leaders have to keep dealmakers focused on big returns while satisfying shareholders’ desire for steady profits and stock dividends.
—Dawn Lim, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
And that has been understood to mean that the government may impose taxes on wages or earnings and stock dividends, but not on property or corporate wealth that grows in value.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
In his quarter-century as chief executive of Rochester Drug Cooperative Inc., Laurence F. Doud III made the distributor the country’s seventh-largest wholesaler, sending stock dividends to record highs as revenue topped $1 billion.
—Colin Moynihan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
Janus Henderson said that total energy stock dividend payments rose 7% in the third quarter to nearly $416 billion…and 90% of oil companies either raised their dividends or held them steady, with some energy firms choosing to pay one-time special dividends.
—Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 20 Nov. 2022
Other moves have included buying a 22 percent stake in a gold mine, pushing for its popcorn to be sold in retail stores and creating a special stock dividend, called APE, for the retail investors who rallied around the stock and helped the company avoid bankruptcy.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2022
To conserve cash, the lender will suspend its stock dividend.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2023
While Disney employees are feeling pain from the announcement, Iger also took steps on Wednesday to reward shareholders by planning to reinstate the company’s stock dividend payments.
—Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
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