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Optical Cable Corp dividend history

Optical Cable Corp's dividend was $0.080 a share in fiscal 2015, up 0.0% on the year before.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

Diluted share count
+8.3%
year over year
Sales & admin spending
30.0%
of revenue
Days sales outstanding
52 days
receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Oct 20092010Oct 20102011Oct 20112012Oct 20122013Oct 20132014Oct 20142015Oct 20152016Oct 20162017Oct 20172018Oct 20182019Oct 20192020Oct 20202021Oct 20212022Oct 20222023Oct 20232024Oct 20242025Oct 2025LTMJul 2026
Dividend per share——$0.040$0.060$0.080$0.080$0.080———————————
Dividend per share growth———+50.0%+33.3%0.0%0.0%———————————
Dividends paid——252357479540556141——————————
Share buybacks4554258461,17754319538040182200—————
Dividends ÷ net income——37.8%13.0%—78.9%————————————
Dividends ÷ free cash flow——29.3%69.0%97.5%34.5%—5.6%——————————

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Optical Cable Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Optical Cable Corp.