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Note 9 - Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
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Dividends [Text Block] | 9. Dividends In 2010, we announced a regular cash dividend program to our stockholders, subject to approval each quarter. A quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share of common stock was paid in each quarter of 2022 which totaled $19.6 million. We paid cash dividends totaling $54.7 million in 2021 which consisted of a special dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock in October, along with quarterly cash dividends of $0.04 per share of common stock in March, June, October and December. We paid cash dividends totaling $52.4 million in 2020 which consisted of a special dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock in December, along with quarterly cash dividends of $0.04 per share of common stock in the third and fourth quarters and of $0.027 per share of common stock in the first and second quarters.

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