Dell Pays Shareholders $2 Billion This Year
Published Thu, 30 Jun 2011 on The Motley Fool

Dell is continuing its tradition this fiscal year. The company announced yesterday, in advance of today's annual analyst meeting, that it has repurchased $1.6 billion in stock this year and intends to purchase $400 million more by the end of this fiscal year, ending January 2012. That's a grand total of $2 billion, or the equivalent of paying a juicy 6.5% dividend for 2011. As a shareholder, I'm happy about this.... Read more