These Companies Publicly Support Their Dividends: Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN), IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI), Realty Income Corp (O)

The company, however, isn’t alone. For example, Realty Income Corp (NYSE:O) has long harped about its dividend history. In fact, the company’s nickname is “The Monthly Dividend Company.” A trip to the company’s website shows just how important dividends are to management. The nickname, by the way, is trademarked—you know this company is serious about its dividend!

IAC/InteractiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) is another company that takes dividends seriously. And like TI, its a tech company. IAC basically owns a portfolio of web properties across which it sells advertising. The company doubled its quarterly disbursement to $0.24 per share in late 2012 after initiating its payment in 2011. That alone isn’t a reason to like the company’s dividend focus. However, the words of the company’s chairman are.

“I think it’s an outdated and somewhat inane concept that high growth companies shouldn’t pay dividends. We’ve been growing our earnings consistently, have substantially no debt, and large reserves of cash. We should be and are committed to investing in our businesses wherever prudent, and returning a portion of the balance to our shareholders, in continued opportunistic purchases of the stock (we’ve bought in 42% of the Company’s shares over the last 3 years) and now, in paying a quarterly dividend.” Those statements came in late 2011 and are a great reason to keep this web company on your watch list.

Management Commitment

Management that is very vocal about its support for dividend payments is a critical part of avoiding the harm that a dividend cut can cause. When looking for dividend payers, a preference should be given to companies that talk up their dividend commitment. In other words, it’s well worth your effort to examine Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN), Realty Income Corp (NYSE:O), and IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI).

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