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Historical Dividend Data

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Ex-Date Record Date Pay Date Declared Date Type Amount
Dec 11, 2025 Dec 10, 2025 Dec 12, 2025 -- Non-qualified 0.0716
Dec 11, 2025 Dec 10, 2025 Dec 12, 2025 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.3498
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 11, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.016
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 11, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0451
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 11, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.3416
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 11, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0127
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 11, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 -- Qualified 0.1018
Dec 14, 2023 Dec 13, 2023 Dec 15, 2023 -- Qualified 0.1090
Dec 14, 2023 Dec 13, 2023 Dec 15, 2023 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.1609
Dec 13, 2022 Dec 12, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.4477
Dec 13, 2022 Dec 12, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 -- Qualified 0.1060
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.020
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0509
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.8828
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0435
Dec 15, 2020 Dec 14, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.0003
Dec 15, 2020 Dec 14, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 -- Qualified 0.0960
Dec 17, 2019 Dec 17, 2019 Dec 17, 2019 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.4054
Dec 17, 2019 Dec 17, 2019 Dec 17, 2019 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0166
Dec 17, 2019 Dec 17, 2019 Dec 17, 2019 -- Qualified 0.1004
Dec 17, 2019 Dec 17, 2019 Dec 17, 2019 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0368
Dec 18, 2018 -- Dec 18, 2018 -- Non-qualified 0.0153
Dec 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 -- Qualified 0.0784
Dec 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0350
Dec 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.5416

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:BMSFX", "dividend")
Last 5 Data Points: =YCS("M:BMSFX", "dividend", -4)
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