How to Use dividend in a Sentence

dividend

noun

• Profits are distributed to shareholders as dividends.
• The amount from the 2022 dividend was one of the largest in the program's history.
  — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2023
• In a nutshell, the bigger the discount, the less a fund needs to earn to cover the dividend.
  — Michael Foster, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The dividend will be payable on Dec. 15 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 1.
  — Serenah McKay, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
• The 99 Speed Mart chain forms the bulk of his net worth, along with cash collected from dividends and the share sale.
  — Ram Anand, Fortune Asia, 9 Sep. 2024
• The first dividend will be paid on Sept. 15 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Aug. 31.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2022
• Well, what its dividend giveth, its share price taketh away—and then some!
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
• The dividend of up to $25 million will be declared in the third quarter.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 May 2023
• The stock trades at 23 times forward earnings and comes with a 1.5% dividend yield.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• But, in the absence of that, a federal tax-and-dividend plan will kick in.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2022
• The sleep pays a longevity dividend — the tortoises can live for 50 to 80 years.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
• A little prep the evening before will pay in scrumptious dividends in the long run.
  — Don Francisco Coffee, Sunset Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
• The dividend payment, which was announced as part of the deal, was scheduled to be paid next week.
  — Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2022
• Masco has increased its dividend in each of the past 9 years.
  — David Trainer, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• But there’s a good reason why: a rising dividend is the No. 1 driver of share prices.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• The South African gold miner trades at a 90% discount to its book value, has no long-term debt and pays a dividend of .77%.
  — John Navin, Forbes, 7 May 2023
• The board also approved a cash dividend for the current quarter of $1.90 a share.
  — Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022
• Shell cut its dividend in the midst of the historic drop in energy demand in 2020.
  — Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2021
• The firm also plans a 1.54 euro dividend, up 8% from last year.
  — Alexandre Rajbhandari, Bloomberg.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• The next dividend is payable on or after May 16 to shareholders of record on April 22.
  — Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2022
• This one is an investment, for sure, but one that will pay in stylish dividends.
  — Paula Lee, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2024
• Part of its attraction was a healthy cash dividend, but that payment was cut in half in 2017 and dropped to a penny the next year.
  — Colin Barr, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2021
• The $2,700 dividend in the House’s budget was pitched as a compromise, along with the extra one-time funding for schools.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2023
• The extra payout marks the 66th straight year P&G has increased its dividend.
  — Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2022
• Because while stocks are up—and dividend yields are down as a result—there are still high, cheap payouts to be had out there.
  — Michael Foster, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
• On top of that, the stock was recently offering a fat dividend yield of 5.2%.
  — Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2023
• The company skipped dividend payments for the first time since 1922.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
• No lucky Green Bay fan will get rich off the team’s next Super Bowl win because the stock pays no dividends and isn’t tradeable or saleable.
  — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 7 Sep. 2023
• As part of the deal, Albertsons will pay a cash dividend of up to $4 billion to its shareholders.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
• But no check can be sent out without Congress approving a bill authorizing the dividends.
  — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025