Google had a Earnings Per Share of $14.21 in the recent quarter. Google can return a dividend or share buyback of up to that amount. They can say that they have

Google had a Earnings Per Share of $14.21 in the recent quarter. Google can return a dividend or share buyback of up to that amount. They can say that they have plenty of good ideas and are working on them but just don’t have $20 Billion dollars worth of good ideas. Apple and Microsoft are strongly viewed companies that give dividends. Due to the 3 classes of Alphabet shares, I’m not hanging my hat on this happening due to how voting rights are structured. Probably won’t happen with Facebook or Snapchat either for the same reason.