Costco (NYSE:COST) also has a history of modest regular increases and also pays a special dividend some years -- but not in others. Make sure you don't include these special dividends in your expected yield when evaluating companies with a history of special dividends; they don't happen ...
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Realty Income's dividend, for example, has been increased three times in the past year, and it has alonghistory of modest, regular increases.Costco(NYSE:COST) also has a history of modest regular increases and also pays a special dividend some years -- butnotin others. Make ...
Dividend yield is a useful metric when applied appropriately, and when the time is taken to understand whether the company behind the payout is able to keep paying it. Here are a few examples of how dividend yield can be useful. Income investors, or people looking at their investment portfol...