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Optical Cable Corp. dividends

Dividend, last four quartersn/a
Latest dividend$0.00for Q4 FY2016
Rises in a rown/a
Growth a year, 5 yearsn/a
Paid out of free cash flown/a
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  1. Dividend per share is the cash a company pays for each share you own, here added up for each fiscal year.
  2. Yield is the yearly dividend over the share price: what $100 of stock pays you in a year.
  3. Payout is the share of profit, or of free cash flow, paid out. Below 100% the dividend is covered; above it the company paid more than it made that year.
  4. A dividend that grows year after year is often a sign of a steady business. A very high yield can mean the market expects a cut.

Dividend per share

The dividend went from $0.04 in FY2011 to $0.00 in FY2017.

Each column is the regular dividend per share for one fiscal year, or one quarter on Quarters, on today's share count after any split. A paler column is a period with more or fewer payments than usual. Hover or tap for the change on the period before.

Is the dividend covered?

FY2010 to FY2017

In FY2017 Optical Cable lost $0.27 a share and paid $0.00.

Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share

Three columns a year on one dollar scale: what the company earned, what cash it had left after investing, and what it paid out, each per share. A dividend column taller than the other two was paid out of savings or borrowing that year.

How much of earnings it pays out

share of each year
Of net profitOf free cash flow

The share of each year's net profit (blue) and free cash flow (green) paid as dividends. The dashed line is 100%: above it, the company paid more than it made that year.

How it compares

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    Every year and quarter as a table

    Dividends by fiscal year

    Fiscal yearDividend per shareDividends paidOf net profitOf free cash flow
    FY2017$0.00n/an/an/a
    FY2016$0.00$141,311n/a6%
    FY2015$0.08$555,566n/an/a
    FY2014$0.08$539,96579%34%
    FY2013$0.08$479,128n/a98%
    FY2012$0.06$357,06013%69%
    FY2011$0.04$251,95338%29%
    FY2010$0.01n/an/an/a
    Dividend per share as each annual report states it, beside the cash paid to shareholders that year and that cash over net profit and free cash flow.
    Read moreAbove 100%, the company paid out more than its profit or free cash flow that year.

    Dividends by quarter

    QuarterQuarter endedDividend per share
    Q4 FY201631 October 2016$0.00
    Q3 FY201631 July 2016$0.00
    Q2 FY201630 April 2016$0.00
    Q1 FY201631 January 2016$0.00
    Q4 FY201531 October 2015$0.02
    Q3 FY201531 July 2015$0.02
    Q2 FY201530 April 2015$0.02
    Q1 FY201531 January 2015$0.02
    Q4 FY201431 October 2014$0.02
    Q3 FY201431 July 2014$0.02
    Q2 FY201430 April 2014$0.02
    Q1 FY201431 January 2014$0.02
    Regular dividend per share for each fiscal quarter, one dividend to a quarter where the filings allow it.
    Read moreA quarter marked * is the year less its first three quarters.