Walmart raises annual dividend to $2.04 per share, marking 44th consecutive year of dividend increases
21 February 2017 - 11:07PM
Business Wire
The Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
(NYSE: WMT) approved an annual cash dividend for fiscal year 2018
of $2.04 per share, an increase of 2 percent from the $2.00 per
share paid for the last fiscal year. The fiscal year 2018 annual
dividend of $2.04 per share will be paid in four quarterly
installments of $0.51 per share, according to the following record
and payable dates:
Record
Dates
Payable
Dates
March 10, 2017 April 3, 2017 May 12, 2017 June 5, 2017 Aug. 11,
2017 Sept. 5, 2017 Dec. 8, 2017 Jan. 2, 2018
“We’re proud of our track record of returning
significant cash to shareholders and to be increasing our annual
dividend for the 44th consecutive year,” said Brett Biggs,
executive vice president and chief financial officer at Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc.
In fiscal year 2017, Walmart returned $14.5
billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share
repurchases.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT: NYSE) helps people
around the world save money and live better - anytime and anywhere
- in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each
week, over 260 million customers and members visit our 11,695
stores under 59 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in
11 countries. With fiscal year 2017 revenue of $485.9 billion,
Walmart employs approximately 2.3 million associates worldwide.
Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate
philanthropy and employment opportunity. Additional information
about Walmart can be found by visiting
http://corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook
at http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter
at http://twitter.com/walmart.
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