They could buy other companies, sit on it, raise the dividend, issue preference shares or buyback stock.

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The overwhelming majority of respondents stated their preference for dividend-paying stocks.

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Respondents overwhelmingly expressed their preference for dividend-paying stocks.

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These are a special type of share that pay a regular flat dividend in perpetuity, and which receive their payment in preference to the dividends paid out on ordinary shares.

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