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Historical Dividend Data

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Ex-Date Record Date Pay Date Declared Date Type Amount
Dec 18, 2025 Dec 17, 2025 Dec 19, 2025 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.920
Dec 18, 2025 Dec 17, 2025 Dec 19, 2025 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0256
Dec 19, 2024 Dec 18, 2024 Dec 20, 2024 -- Long Term Capital Gains 3.036
Dec 14, 2023 Dec 13, 2023 Dec 15, 2023 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.235
Dec 15, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 Dec 16, 2022 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.3652
Dec 16, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 Dec 17, 2021 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.417
Dec 16, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 Dec 17, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.3342
Dec 17, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 Dec 18, 2020 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0054
Dec 17, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 Dec 18, 2020 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.674
Dec 12, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 Dec 13, 2019 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0403
Dec 12, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 Dec 13, 2019 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.9298
Dec 13, 2018 Dec 12, 2018 Dec 14, 2018 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.866
Dec 13, 2018 Dec 12, 2018 Dec 14, 2018 -- Non-qualified 0.0004
Dec 13, 2018 Dec 12, 2018 Dec 14, 2018 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.2078
Dec 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 -- Long Term Capital Gains 3.774
Dec 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.1285
Dec 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 -- Non-qualified 0.0171
Dec 15, 2016 Dec 14, 2016 Dec 16, 2016 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.005
Dec 15, 2016 Dec 15, 2016 Dec 15, 2016 -- Non-qualified 0.0293
Dec 17, 2015 Dec 16, 2015 Dec 18, 2015 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.703
Dec 17, 2015 Dec 16, 2015 Dec 18, 2015 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0392
Dec 18, 2014 Dec 17, 2014 Dec 19, 2014 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.052
Dec 18, 2014 Dec 17, 2014 Dec 19, 2014 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.1529
Dec 19, 2013 Dec 18, 2013 Dec 20, 2013 -- Non-qualified 0.0003
Dec 19, 2013 Dec 18, 2013 Dec 20, 2013 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.23

Dividend Definition

Dividends are payments per share reported as of the ex-dividend date. Profits can be allocated to retained earnings or paid to shareholders as dividends or stock buybacks. Shareholders receive dividends proportional to their shares. Dividends vary by company growth stage; rapidly growing companies often reinvest profits rather than pay dividends, while steady growth companies typically offer small, consistent dividends. Dividends can be qualified or non-qualified. Qualified dividends are taxed at the lower capital gains rate, while non-qualified dividends are taxed as regular income.

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Dividend Range, Past 5 Years

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Dividend Excel Add-In Codes

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Metric Code: dividend
Latest Data Point: =YCP("M:BGFIX", "dividend")
Last 5 Data Points: =YCS("M:BGFIX", "dividend", -4)
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