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By: fredtheturd

fredtheturd — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:01:02 +0000

FTR just reduced their dividend to $0.188/share from $0.25/share in August 2010. It had been flat at $0.25/share since November 2004 before that.

By: D4L

D4L — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:16:30 +0000

Mihou: I have never looked at FTR. I see it is paying $0.75 dividend that is yielding 8%. As noted, I don’t know anything about this company, but historically media companies have not been the best dividend growers.

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: Mihou

Mihou — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:25:06 +0000

Hi Dividends4Life,
What do you think about FTR and what is its yearly dividend rate

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By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:47:35 +0000

Artie Cab: I have never looked at PCM. Recently. I have cooled some on ETF and closed-ended funds due to the volatility of their dividends. I see that PCM has paid $0.07/share since 2007.

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: Artie Cab

Artie Cab — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:05:28 +0000

What’s wrong with PCM as a dividend paying stock, or at least a fund, traded like a stock.

By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:32:01 +0000

Brandon: I use Morningstar data. The lines I pickup are: (short term debt + long term debt) / (short term debt + long term debt + equity) from the “latest Qtr” column.

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:40:37 +0000

I’m thrilled that you have re-worked the risk score calculation. I love your blog and your analysis process, but your risk score calculation has always been very opaque and mysterious to someone without access to the S&P reports.. until now.

How do you determine your Debt to Total Capital values? I understand Debt to Total Capital = (equity) / (equity + debt). But when I calculate this ratio from Morningstar or Yahoo finance data, my result often disagrees with yours by upto 10%. Do you add any twists to your equation?

Thanks,