Note 9 - Dividends	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements
Dividends [Text Block]	9. Dividends In 2010, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a regular cash dividend program to our stockholders, subject to approval each quarter. We paid cash dividends totaling $54.7 million in 2021 which consisted of a special dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock in October, along with quarterly cash dividends of $0.04 per share of common stock in March, June, October and December. We paid cash dividends totaling $52.4 million in 2020 which consisted of a special dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock in December, along with quarterly cash dividends of $0.04 per share of common stock in the third and fourth quarters and of $0.027 per share of common stock in the first and second quarters. We paid cash dividends totaling $42.1 million in 2019 which consisted of a special dividend of $0.433 per share of common stock in September, along with quarterly cash dividends of $0.02 per share of common stock in each quarter of 2019. Our ability to pay cash dividends is currently limited by restrictions contained in our revolving credit facility, which prohibits us from paying, in any fiscal year, stock redemptions and dividends in excess of 25% of our net income from the prior fiscal year. Waivers allowing stock redemptions and dividends in excess of the 25% limitation in total amounts of up to $80 million in 2021, of up to $60 million in 2020 and of up to $65 million in 2019 were obtained from the lender in August 2021, November 2020 and August 2019, respectively.

Note 9 - Dividends

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

9. Dividends

In 2010, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a regular cash dividend program to our stockholders, subject to approval each quarter. We paid cash dividends totaling $54.7 million in 2021 which consisted of a special dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock in October, along with quarterly cash dividends of $0.04 per share of common stock in March, June, October and December. We paid cash dividends totaling $52.4 million in 2020 which consisted of a special dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock in December, along with quarterly cash dividends of $0.04 per share of common stock in the third and fourth quarters and of $0.027 per share of common stock in the first and second quarters. We paid cash dividends totaling $42.1 million in 2019 which consisted of a special dividend of $0.433 per share of common stock in September, along with quarterly cash dividends of $0.02 per share of common stock in each quarter of 2019.

Our ability to pay cash dividends is currently limited by restrictions contained in our revolving credit facility, which prohibits us from paying, in any fiscal year, stock redemptions and dividends in excess of 25% of our net income from the prior fiscal year. Waivers allowing stock redemptions and dividends in excess of the 25% limitation in total amounts of up to $80 million in 2021, of up to $60 million in 2020 and of up to $65 million in 2019 were obtained from the lender in August 2021, November 2020 and August 2019, respectively.