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The company declared common stock dividends of $2.90 per share, totaling $859 million, and repurchased approximately $1.3 billion of its common stock.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
National Amusements, the family’s holding company, owns her stake in Paramount with 77 percent of preferential voting shares but roughly five percent of common stock.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Simon’s board declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $2.10 for the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 15 cents, or 7.7 percent year-over-year.
—David Moin, WWD, 5 Feb. 2025
Prince owns over 29 million shares of Cloudflare common stock, worth well over $3 billion.
—Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
National Amusements, the family’s holding company, owns her stake in Paramount with 77 percent of preferential voting shares but roughly five percent of common stock.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Simon’s board declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $2.10 for the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 15 cents, or 7.7 percent year-over-year.
—David Moin, WWD, 5 Feb. 2025
Prince owns over 29 million shares of Cloudflare common stock, worth well over $3 billion.
—Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Common stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20stock. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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