These pay periods are usually regular (GE, for instance, has paid out
dividends every quarter for over 100 years), and are easily documented with a single table.
Each dividend should include the date it was declared, issued, and paid, and the amount it
was issued for. Other information can be included, but is not required.
Stock split history is not much different. The dates of the splits and the ratios of the splits
themselves should be listed, but since these happen very infrequently, such lists should not
be too long.
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Dividend and split histories are not complex pieces of data, and can be easily represented
in HTML tables. For instance, Figure 6-8 shows what a segment of dividend history might
look like when laid out. Column headers and subtle visual dividers help readers easily follow
the information.
Figure 6-8. Dividend history is not complex data; usually showing
these four columns of data is plenty.
Enhancing the display of tabular data
Corporate websites regularly contain tables to house data related to finances, sales,
expenses, and other corporate metrics.
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