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dividend cover

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noun

  1. the number of times that a company's dividends to shareholders could be paid out of its annual profits after tax, used as an indication of the probability that dividends will be maintained in subsequent years

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Ditching these so-called established products makes long-term sense, since their sales are declining, but they remain extremely profitable, so a sale looks set to dilute earnings per share, tightening dividend cover further.

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2014

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