Annaly Capital Management ( NYSE:NLY) Another one with the big dividend pay-out: 11.70%.
Morgan, an investment bank, estimates that the dividend pay-out of America's 500 largest companies has fallen from over half of profits in 1990 to about a third now.
The main reason why investors are worried is that dividends are a guide to managers' views of when earnings might reach their trough: they do not want to pay the dividend out of borrowing, or worse, cut it again.
The company had debated whether to pay out another dividend this year or pull the trigger on a public offering, which it filed for back in May.
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"We find it unfathomable that BP would pay out a dividend to shareholders before the total cost of BP's oil spill cleanup is estimated, " the senators wrote in a letter to the company.
Bond ETFs pay out interest through a monthly dividend, while any capital gains are paid out through an annual dividend.
Certain companies, such as real estate investment trusts (REITs) are the common dividend plays because they are required to pay out 90% of their taxable earnings in the form of dividends to shareholders.
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The bank will not be able to pay out more than 1 cent per share quarterly dividend.
It can comfortably pay out 25% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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So the key question for any investor chasing a stand-out dividend should be: how long can this company afford to pay me?
There is also a chance that BP will end up not paying dividends this year and it is almost certain that the amount BP is having to pay out for the clean-up in the US will eventually affect the dividend.
These are a special type of share that pay a regular flat dividend in perpetuity, and which receive their payment in preference to the dividends paid out on ordinary shares.
Take dividend recapitalisations, in which private-equity firms put more debt into a company and take out equity to pay themselves and investors (see chart).
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Boeing's huge defence operation, created out of McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell in the past three years, is about to pay another large dividend for the civil side.
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