05-05-2017, 04:24 PM
But . . .
If the company is humming along, maybe even with slow growth, and the payout ratio is low enough (say less than 60-70%), and senior management takes a raise (which for most large companies has been much larger percentage-wise than they give the rest of their own employees and much greater than inflation) then I certainly expect them to share some of that with me, one of the owners.
If the company is humming along, maybe even with slow growth, and the payout ratio is low enough (say less than 60-70%), and senior management takes a raise (which for most large companies has been much larger percentage-wise than they give the rest of their own employees and much greater than inflation) then I certainly expect them to share some of that with me, one of the owners.
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“While the dividend itself is merely a rearrangement of equity, over time it's more like owning an apple tree. The tree grows the apples back again and again and again, and the theoretical value of the tree doesn't change just because of when the apples are about to fall.” - earthtodan