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Note 8 - Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements |
Dividends [Text Block] | 8. Dividends In 2010, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a regular cash dividend program to our stockholders, subject to approval each quarter. Quarterly cash dividends of $ 0.025 per share of common stock were declared in each quarter of 2016, 2015 and 2014, and totaled $3.3 million in each of the three years respectively. Our ability to pay cash dividends is currently limited by restrictions contained in our revolving credit facility, which prohibits us from paying, in any fiscal year, stock redemptions and dividends in excess of 25% of our net income from the prior fiscal year. A waiver of the 25% limitation for 2015 and 2016 was obtained from the lender.

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