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Historical Dividend Data

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Ex-Date Record Date Pay Date Declared Date Type Amount
Dec 30, 2025 Dec 29, 2025 Dec 31, 2025 -- Non-qualified 0.5639
Dec 31, 2024 Dec 30, 2024 Jan 02, 2025 -- Qualified 0.1079
Dec 15, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 Dec 16, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.8916
Dec 30, 2020 Dec 29, 2020 Dec 30, 2020 -- Qualified 0.1747
Dec 30, 2019 Dec 27, 2019 Dec 30, 2019 -- Qualified 0.3126
Dec 28, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 Dec 31, 2018 -- Qualified 0.1084
Dec 27, 2018 Dec 26, 2018 Dec 28, 2018 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.594
Dec 27, 2018 Dec 26, 2018 Dec 28, 2018 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.7700
Dec 20, 2017 Dec 19, 2017 Dec 21, 2017 -- Long Term Capital Gains 4.232
Dec 20, 2017 Dec 19, 2017 Dec 21, 2017 -- Short Term Capital Gains 1.850
Dec 20, 2017 Dec 19, 2017 Dec 21, 2017 -- Short Term Capital Gains 2.169
Dec 29, 2016 Dec 28, 2016 Dec 30, 2016 -- Qualified 0.1797
Dec 20, 2016 Dec 19, 2016 Dec 21, 2016 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.2260
Dec 20, 2016 Dec 19, 2016 Dec 21, 2016 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.0187
Dec 15, 2014 Dec 12, 2014 Dec 16, 2014 -- Long Term Capital Gains 3.226
Dec 28, 2012 Dec 27, 2012 Dec 31, 2012 -- Qualified 0.0542
Dec 29, 2009 Dec 28, 2009 Dec 30, 2009 -- Qualified 0.4153
Dec 27, 2007 Dec 26, 2007 Dec 27, 2007 -- Non-qualified 0.0017
Dec 18, 2007 Dec 17, 2007 Dec 18, 2007 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.8252
Dec 18, 2007 Dec 17, 2007 Dec 18, 2007 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.6232
Dec 28, 2006 Dec 27, 2006 Dec 28, 2006 -- Non-qualified 0.0713
Dec 28, 2006 Dec 27, 2006 Dec 28, 2006 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.1939
Dec 28, 2006 Dec 27, 2006 Dec 28, 2006 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.1225
Dec 29, 2005 -- -- -- Non-qualified 0.0503
Dec 29, 2005 Dec 28, 2005 Dec 29, 2005 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.2614

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