Splunk Inc dividends and buy backs

Splunk 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 Splunk Inc

Splunk Inc dividends

date	dividend	declaration	payment	period	unadjusted	currency

Splunk 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	Jan 31,24	Oct 31,23	Jul 31,23	Apr 30,23	Jan 31,23
. dividendsPaid			833M
. salePurchaseOfStock. .			-56M	0M	-38M	-34M

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	Jan 31,24	Oct 31,23	Jul 31,23	Apr 30,23	Jan 31,23
. dividend			-4.47
. buyback. .			0.301	-0.00th	0.231	0.181

Comparison

To compare dividends accross stocks, we can compare a number of metrics including the actual dividend, the dividend yeild and the payout ratio.

Splunk Inc	SPLK

name	symbol	exchange	date	sector	payout	eps yield %	div yield %	buy yield %	m cap
Splunk Inc	SPLK	US	Jan 31,24	Technology					26444M	-
Cornerstone OnDemand Inc	CSOD	US	Jun 30,21	Technology					3844M	-

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