Although WWE has had to release or furlough dozens of wrestlers and personnel, it's stock price has been slowly going up.
When the stock market closed on the afternoon of April 17, WWE's stock was at $40.54 per share, the highest it has been since March 10 when the stock price sat at $41.19 per share.
Despite the increase in WWE's stock this week, 2020 has not been a good year for the company's stock. At the closing of the stock market on January 2, WWE's stock sat at $64.22. The stock price on April 17, 2020 is still way down compared to what it was on April 18, 2019, which was $96.71 per share.
As noted by Fightful's Jeremy Lambert, WWE declared its quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share recently.
There are 46 million total outstanding shares according to NASDAQ. WWE declared its quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share yesterday.
— Jeremy Lambert (@jeremylambert88) April 17, 2020
46 million x $0.12 is $5.52 million. https://t.co/47IVwov0fp
You can see our full list of WWE releases during this situation at this link, and see us cover the full happenings on The List & Ya Boy Podcast.
