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Issuer:     RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC (RJF)
CIK:        0000720005
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000720005-25-000095
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Raymond James raises common dividend 8% to $0.54; authorizes $2B buyback
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- Quarterly common dividend raised to $0.54 per share, payable Jan 16, 2026 to holders of record Jan 2, 2026.
- New $2B share repurchase authorization replaces previous $1.5B program; $105M remained under prior auth.
- Preferred dividend of $0.3984375 per depositary share declared on Series B (RJF PrB), payable Jan 1, 2026.
- Buyback authorization has no fixed expiration and may be executed in open market or private transactions.
- The 8% dividend increase reflects management confidence in capital returns to shareholders.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000525000095/0000720005-25-000095-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000525000095/rjf-20251203.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000720005-25-000095

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