#dividends
3 articles tagged dividends. At twelve articles this topic starts lifting the whole site in search.
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What a special dividend is — and why the word 'special' is not about size
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What a share cancellation is — why destroying stock makes your slice bigger
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Shareholder returns explained — why a buyback only counts once shares are cancelled
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Economy · 5 min readWhat a special dividend is — and why the word 'special' is not about size
Definition — a one-off payout on top of the regular dividend, carrying no commitment to recur
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Economy · 5 min readWhat a share cancellation is — why destroying stock makes your slice bigger
Definition — the company acquires its own shares and destroys them, cutting shares outstanding
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Economy · 5 min readShareholder returns explained — why a buyback only counts once shares are cancelled
Total shareholder return ratio = (dividends + buybacks) ÷ net income