Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market information . Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol CSPI. The following table provides the high and low sales prices of our common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market for the periods indicated.
2020
2019
Fiscal Year:
High
Low
High
Low
1st Quarter
$
13.60
$
12.01
$
13.45
$
8.78
2nd Quarter
$
14.52
$
5.00
$
11.92
$
9.31
3rd Quarter
$
11.40
$
6.21
$
15.50
$
10.30
4th Quarter
$
9.85
$
7.40
$
15.18
$
12.21
Stockholders . We had approximately 65 holders of record of our common stock as of December 23, 2020. This number does not include stockholders for whom shares were held in a “nominee” or “street” name. We believe the number of beneficial owners of our shares of common stock (including shares held in street name) at that date was approximately 1,450.
Dividends . As of May 14, 2020, we have suspended our stock repurchase program and the payment of quarterly cash dividends until further economic clarity. For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid cash dividends as follows:
Amount Paid
Fiscal Year
Date Declared
Record Date
Date Paid
Per Share
2019
12/27/2018
1/7/2019
1/22/2019
$
0.15
2019
2/12/2019
2/28/2019
3/14/2019
$
0.15
2019
5/8/2019
5/31/2019
6/14/2019
$
0.15
2019
8/7/2019
8/30/2019
9/13/2019
$
0.15
2020
12/10/2019
12/31/2019
1/15/2020
$
0.15
2020
2/12/2020
2/28/2020
3/13/2020
$
0.15
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