A big dividend indeed

A big dividend indeed
Cash is becoming king once more. (Image: Getty)
Paul McBeth
This earnings season has been a biggie for dividend watchers as AFT Pharmaceuticals and Rakon made their maiden announcements for cash returns to shareholders. Both have long touted themselves as growth-focused companies ploughing cash back into their businesses to extract ever bigger profits. The problem was, both have faced a few hurdles over the years and sometimes the owners of a company feel as though they are in fact better guardians of their money than senior management. AFT has come a long way since listing in 2015, when it ra...

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