To its credit, Ford has made efforts to supplement ho-hum quarterly payments with the occasional "special dividend." The company's regular quarterly payout of $0.15 per share plus February's special dividend of $0.18 per share puts it on track to dish out $0.78 worth of per-share dividend payments in 2024, translating into a dividend yield of 7.2%.

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