- Boeing (NYSE:BA) +1.4% after-hours as it announces plans to raise its dividend by 20% to $2.055/share and replace its existing share repurchase program with a new $20B authorization, up from the $18B approved last December.
- With the latest dividend increase, BA says it has increased its dividend nearly 325% over the past six years and repurchased more than 230M shares over the same time period.
- This year, the company repurchased $9B worth of its shares from the $18B authorization approved in December 2017.