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Costco CFO answers special dividend question [Yahoo! Finance]

Walmart Inc. (WMT)  More Company Research Source: Yahoo! Finance
Last walmart inc. earnings: 2/18 06:00 am Check Earnings Report
US:NYSE Investor Relations: stock.walmart.com/investors/default.aspx
Whenever Costco 's cash flow comes up, one question looms. Will the company pay a special dividend? Executives are happy to talk around it without giving a straight answer. History shows they've done it before, and with cash piling up again, investors are left wondering if another surprise could be on the way. While many companies pay a regular dividend to shareholders, special dividends — a sort of bonus, expected payment to people owning its stock — are rare. "A special dividend is a non-recurring distribution of company assets, usually in the form of cash, to shareholders. A special dividend is usually larger compared to normal dividends paid out by the company and is often tied to a specific event like an asset sale, corporate restructuring, spinoff, or other windfall-generating event," according to Investopedia Costco's management team has decided that these special dividends are a better option than the typical return policy followed by most of its peers, according to T [Read more]
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Costco CFO answers special dividend question [Yahoo! Finance]

Walmart Inc.  (WMT) 
More Company Research Source: Yahoo! Finance
Last walmart inc. earnings: 2/18 06:00 am Check Earnings Report
US:NYSE Investor Relations: stock.walmart.com/investors/default.aspx
Whenever Costco 's cash flow comes up, one question looms. Will the company pay a special dividend? Executives are happy to talk around it without giving a straight answer. History shows they've done it before, and with cash piling up again, investors are left wondering if another surprise could be on the way. While many companies pay a regular dividend to shareholders, special dividends — a sort of bonus, expected payment to people owning its stock — are rare. "A special dividend is a non-recurring distribution of company assets, usually in the form of cash, to shareholders. A special dividend is usually larger compared to normal dividends paid out by the company and is often tied to a specific event like an asset sale, corporate restructuring, spinoff, or other windfall-generating event," according to Investopedia Costco's management team has decided that these special dividends are a better option than the typical return policy followed by most of its peers, according to T [Read more]
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