pay dividends

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Distributable earnings, a closely tracked metric for publicly traded investment firms who pay dividends, rose to $1.76 billion, or $1.36 a share, from $1.41 billion, or $1.09 a share, in the same quarter last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Such actions require minimal investment and pay dividends in positive environmental and social results, especially when compared to the tens of millions of dollars spent to lobby for environmental regulation reforms each year.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Given high annual BDC fees that can run five percentage points or more, the managers need to use leverage in order to pay dividends that run at close to 10%.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

This is money the company can use to fund expansion or acquisitions, pay dividends, buy back shares, or for other corporate purposes.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 7, 2026

And the ruminations that Ulbrickson had given the matter in September seemed to pay dividends right from the start.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown