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Spok Holdings, Inc. (SPOK) was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

Spok Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Spok, Inc., provides healthcare communication solutions in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.

The company’s products and services enhance workflows for clinicians and support administrative compliance. 

Three key data points gauge Spok or any dividend-paying entity, namely:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

SPOK Price

Spok's share price rose 48%, from $14.87 to $18.06, over the past year, per Wednesday’s market price.

One analyst covers the stock. However 5 years of price history show LWSCF stock price growing an average of  $1.48 per year.

That increase could move the stock price to $19.55 by next September.

SPOK Dividends

Spok has paid Quarterly variable dividends since March 2008.

The current forward-looking annual $1.24 dividend yields 6.86% per Wednesday’s $18.07 share price.

SPOK Returns

Putting it all together, a $2.72 estimated gross gain per share shows up when adding Spok’s annual $1.24 dividend to an estimated $1.48 annual price gain.

A little under $1000 invested at the recent $18.07 share price would buy  55 shares which, multiply the $2.72 gross gain to an estimated $150.53 for the coming year.

Over 45% of that $151.00 gain comes from the $68.60 of annual dividends generated from your $1,000 investment.

Besides, the $68.60 annual dividend from your $1k investment is about 3.8 times greater than the recent $18.07 single-share price.

(A dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pays an annual dividend from $1000 invested that is greater than the cost of a single share.)

Therefore, you may choose to pounce on SPOK to get that current $68.60 annual dividend income that has been paid out over the past 17 years.

The exact track of SPOK’s future share price and dividends will entirely be determined by market action and company finances.

Remember, the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.

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