Sentence examples for sustained dividend from inspiring English sources

"The rise reflected the company's increasingly robust view of the future and greater confidence in its ability to deliver sustained dividend income to shareholders," Mr. Hayward said.

Recent director dealing is also supportive, and the chief executive's 18% stake plus a solid balance sheet underpin sustained dividend payout.

Shore Capital believes that if these factors come together then M&S can deliver an improvement in trading profit, sustain dividend growth (it has an attractive yield of around 5% already) and consider other shareholder friendly initiatives as free cash flow comes through such as a sustained share buy-back programme.

Sustaining dividends with oil at $36 is going to be a near impossible task.

And the ability to sustain dividends is often regarded as a sign of a solid company, even in the current environment.

The company has promised not to increase its bills again until 2014 but while saying "sorry" to customers, its website still talks of "our dividend obsession", and adds: "we have just one strategic priority: sustained real dividend growth".

After selling a string of businesses, Aviva said cashflows from the remaining assets could not sustain the dividend.

Duke, based in Charlotte, N.C., also expects its cash levels to improve next year and to sustain its dividend, as it continues to raise money through asset sales.

However, because the company's estimated earnings per share in 2012 and 2013 were both well over $2 per share, the short-term inability to sustain its dividend payouts did not impact the company's long-term financial outlook.

The opportunity lies in the potential for a so-called demographic dividend of sustained rapid economic growth in the coming decades.

But directors should focus on managing and investing in the business with a view to paying a sustained stream of future dividends.