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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That decision was generally understood to mean that the government may impose taxes on wages or stock dividends, but not necessarily on property or corporate wealth that grows in value.
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David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Estate tax While the Forbes list tracks those who are still working or at least collecting stock dividends, Connecticut also has ultra-wealthy families who are paying the state’s estate tax.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024
Annual stock dividend payouts increased over 12 times, while the remaining price-only return grew forty-four times.
—Wes Moss, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
How does bond interest stack up against the income-producing potential of stock dividends?
—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
David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Estate tax While the Forbes list tracks those who are still working or at least collecting stock dividends, Connecticut also has ultra-wealthy families who are paying the state’s estate tax.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024
Annual stock dividend payouts increased over 12 times, while the remaining price-only return grew forty-four times.
—Wes Moss, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
How does bond interest stack up against the income-producing potential of stock dividends?
—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
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