Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. Dividend Analysis

No. Slide Insurance Holdings (SLDE) does not pay a dividend, and no dividend payment appears anywhere in the filing history we hold.

Through share buybacks rather than dividends. Over the last twelve months Slide Insurance Holdings reduced its share count at a rate equivalent to a 6.6% buyback yield. A buyback returns value by shrinking the share count, so each remaining share owns more of the business, but unlike a dividend it pays you nothing in cash and can be stopped at any time without an announcement.

On the numbers, yes. Slide Insurance Holdings generated $961 million of free cash flow, which is about $7.56 per share. If it paid out half of that, the dividend would be roughly $3.78 per share, a yield of about 13.9% at the current price. That is an illustration of capacity, not a prediction: the company has given no indication it intends to pay one.

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