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Dividends don't mean that much: Microsoft in its dominant years (when they had 40%-plus margins and were raking in the cash) never paid a dividend (they did so
by dpapathanasiou 20y ago
Dividends don't mean that much: Microsoft in its dominant years (when they had 40%-plus margins and were raking in the cash) never paid a dividend (they did so only recently).
- mojuba 20y agoAs far as I know Microsoft always did pay dividends, always, and never stopped doing that. Can be checked easily.
- dpapathanasiou 20y agoNo, the first time MS ever paid a dividend was in 2003: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/104643_microsoft17.shtml http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/104643_microsoft17.shtml Not paying a dividend is not unusual in the tech industry.
- mojuba 20y agoI was wrong, sorry.