By Colin Kellaher

 

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. on Monday said its board raised the quarterly dividend 11% to 39 cents a share and approved the repurchase of up to $100 million in common stock.

The new payout, equal to $1.56 a year, represents an annual yield of about 1.26% based on Friday's closing price of $123.46, up from 1.13%.

The Jacksonville, Fla., financial-services technology company said the increased dividend is payable March 26 to shareholders of record March 12.

Fidelity, which has about 620.5 million shares outstanding, sports a market capitalization of roughly $76.6 billion.

 

Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 01, 2021 08:29 ET (13:29 GMT)

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