How can the company pay a dividend of, say, $1 per share when earnings are only 75 cents per share? This confusion is because many investors look at GAAP earnings (as noted above) when calculating ...

“For all the talk of pristine corporate balance sheets, debt-to-GDP on this score is rapidly approaching 70 per cent for the first time ever, having taken out the near-55-per-cent cycle peaks in ...

Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TSX: CNQ) (NYSE: CNQ) announces that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash ...

Since dividends are part of that equity, investors want to know that their dividend isn’t at risk, as it could be if a company’s level of debt is too high. An example of this was 3M (NYSE: MMM).

Q1 2026 Management View Michael Scott Sarner, CEO, highlighted that "the June quarter was another productive quarter for the company as we continued to strengthen both sides of our balance sheet." He ...

A report from the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index revealed that global corporate dividends reached an all-time high of $1.66 trillion in 2023. Notably, 86% of businesses worldwide increased ...

“Capital markets are accessible and corporate balance sheets are healthy further bolstering the ability of firms to increase dividends.” The data showed European companies’ payouts in 2021 are ...

Dividend payout ratio A company that has a dividend payout ratio of more than 100 per cent can cause worry. How can the company pay a dividend of, say, $1 per share when earnings are only 75 cents per ...

After all, it is cash that is needed to actually pay a dividend. Cash flow can often be significantly higher than earnings. In the example above, the company might have earnings of 75 cents per share, ...