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Re:End Stock Buybacks, Save the Economy? by liveoneggs on Thursday August 23, 2018 @07:40PM (#17831527)
assuming you mean tesla- they couldn't pay dividends because they have massively negative EPS.

twitter, surprisingly, is actually showing a positive EPS (is that new?) although the P/E is > 100 so, again, a dividend would be pretty small.

at least apple is paying out these days.

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Re:End Stock Buybacks, Save the Economy? by harryh on Thursday August 23, 2018 @08:21PM (#17831778)
A positive EPS isn't a requirement for paying out a dividend though of course it's usually a pretty good idea.
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Re:End Stock Buybacks, Save the Economy? by liveoneggs on Saturday August 25, 2018 @01:24PM (#17841647)
lol
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