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American Public Education Inc dividends and buy backs
American Public Education Inc quarterly dividends per share.Dividends per share are defined as the amount paid to common share holders. The payment is announced on the declaration date and paid on the payment date. Share prices typically fall by the dividend amount on the date the dividend is paid. The size and steadiness of dividends is an important component of the valuation of many companies, particularly income companies. The following plot shows the earnings and dividends for American Public Education Inc
American Public Education Inc dividends
date | dividend | declaration | payment | period | unadjusted | currency |
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American Public Education Inc dividends and earnings
Dividend and Buybacks
Another way companies can generate income for shareholders it to buy back their shares, increasing the share price. This can have tax advantages for shareholders, but is also similar to paying a stock-based dividend to the remaining shareholders. The company accounts show the amount spent on dividends and share buybacks during the year. As these are costs (not income), they are shown as negatives in the accounts.
. | Predection | Sep 30,23 | Jun 30,23 | Mar 31,23 | Dec 31,22 | Sep 30,22 |
. dividendsPaid | 1.0 | 2M | 1M | 1M | 1M | 1M |
. salePurchaseOfStock. . | -0.0 | -0M | -8M | -1M | -0M | -0M |
Buyback per share
By comparing the amount spent on buybacks with the amount of outstanding shares, the buybacks can be converted into a dividend per share format.
. | Predection | Sep 30,23 | Jun 30,23 | Mar 31,23 | Dec 31,22 | Sep 30,22 |
. dividend | -0.047 | -0.08 | -0.08 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.07 |
. buyback. . | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.425 | 0.071 | 0.210th | 0.004 |
Comparison
To compare dividends accross stocks, we can compare a number of metrics including the actual dividend, the dividend yeild and the payout ratio.
American Public Education Inc | APEI |
name | symbol | exchange | date | sector | payout | eps yield % | div yield % | buy yield % | m cap | |
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American Public Education Inc | APEI | US | Sep 30,23 | Consumer Defensive | 45.76 | -1.48 | -0.68 | 0.01 | 226M | - |
Strategic Education Inc | STRA | US | Dec 31,23 | Consumer Defensive | -37.42 | 1.66 | -0.62 | 0.00 | 2515M | - |
Royce Micro Cap Closed Fund | RMT | US | Dec 31,23 | Financial Services | -21.97 | 10.37 | -2.28 | 445M | - |