Learn to calculate the dividend payout ratio from an income statement and understand its difference from the dividend yield. Simplify your investment analysis.

Preferred stocks generally come with a "guaranteed" dividend amount, but it's important to realize that if the company falls on tough financial times, even preferred dividends can be suspended.

Strategy moved to ease concerns about its ability to pay more than $700 million of annual preferred dividend payments by establishing a $1.44 billion reserve funded by the sale of common stock to ...