Theme park operator Six Flags Entertainment (SIX 3.04%) says "more flags, more fun," so that must also apply to its stock, too, as it announced yesterday it will initiate a two-for-one stock split on June 26. Shareholders of record on June 12 will receive one share of Six Flags stock for each share they already own.
Moreover, the board of directors also declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.90 per share, the same rate it's paid the last two quarters after raising it 50%, from $0.60 per share. The quarterly dividend is payable on June 10 to the holders of record at the close of business on May 30.
Six Flags has paid a dividend every quarter since emerging from bankruptcy in 2010. It paid a $0.06 per share at the time, and then hiked it tenfold in 2012, raising it to the $0.60 share level.
The regular dividend payment equates to a $3.60-per-share annual dividend yielding 4.8% based on the closing price of Six Flag Entertainment's stock on May 8.
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