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When did Apple started distributing dividends? I remember them being known for not doing so.
by KeBugCheckEx 6y ago
When did Apple started distributing dividends? I remember them being known for not doing so.
- kondro 6y agoWhen they ran out of things they could reasonably spend their cash on.
- jjtheblunt 6y agoI believe around 2013 Apple altered its buyback and dividend practices, as large shareholder Carl Icahn seemed at the time to be trying to manipulate the company and shareholders to his own advantage. Several articles discussed such around the time. Here are a few. https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-carl-icahn-apple-stake--20140122-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-carl-ic... https://www.marketwatch.com/story/carl-icahns-2-billion-apple-stake-was-a-prime-example-of-investment-inequality-2016-06-07 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/carl-icahns-2-billion-appl... https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2017/11/10/carl-icahn-sold-apple-too-soon-it-cost-him-3-7b/#366f46d32cea https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2017/11/10/carl-icah...