Dividend Announcement Thread!

[fenders53]

(02-14-2020, 09:51 PM)crimsonghost747 Wrote: Airbus raises 9%, from 1.65 euros to 1.80 euros.

(02-29-2020, 09:10 PM)crimsonghost747 Wrote:

(02-29-2020, 10:01 AM)fenders53 Wrote: The following is a little off topic but relevant IMO.  I want to be invested in a company that will throw me a bone when they can.  Special dividends actually make more sense to me for cyclical companies, rather than running your normal dividend up and then allowing it to choke you.  Ford is actually a good and bad example at the same time.  Yes their future looks bleak, very bleak.  The whole industry has been bleak off and on since forever.  They will cut their dividend to zero, then pay a large special "surprise" dividend when they can.  Some would argue they should just pay a very low and sustainable dividend.  They can't do that now, or the share price will visit $2.  Point is, it's not easy managing shareholder distributions in a highly cyclical industry.  

I still wonder why companies don't do both. I kinda like the European way where a company usually pays out a certain percentage of EPS rather than automatically aiming to increase it every single year. It just offers the company a lot more flexibility. Of course the US way offers investors a bit more safety and predictability.

But why not combine both? There is nothing stopping companies from paying a low, sustainable, slightly growing quarterly dividend (US style) and then paying an additional dividend annually based on the last year's profits and their current cash situation. It would be a perfect mix of the two, offering shareholders some income consistently and allowing the company a lot more flexibility. 

I only know of one company (PGR) that does this. And it's fantastic, even if the current quarterly dividend is super low and they just started doing this so we don't really have any idea about the scope of those quarterly dividend increases.

I agree.  That is what I was basically trying to say.  Ford has done that.  I think CBRL as well?  Don't get me wrong I love the aristocrat concept, but it does tie their hands, and then you have the raise the dividend one penny game so you can maintain, or eventually be added to the list.  But how do you complain about T as far as the div goes.? It's sky high and if they raise it a penny a year your're still very good for years.  I pay attention to the growth rate the past five years.  I'm not overly concerned if a company froze or cut their div 20 years ago.  Maybe that was a good long-term decision?  KMI comes to mind.  I'll be angry forever for lying to me, but the company did survive.  At least 10% of the aristocrats are going to struggle mightily to maintain their div through the next downturn,