So you can see here for the fourth quarter, our margins at 11.1%, with $10 million, 40 basis points higher, $10 million higher than the announced pre-announcement numbers. In terms of full-year cash flow, we came in at $331 million, which is $16 million higher. And I'd point out that that cash flow is the highest the company has delivered since 2013. In terms of new business, we shared our backlog a couple weeks ago at $750 million.
So despite, I'd say, the turmoil in the EV side of our business, the teams secured a higher backlog than we had last year, of which $200 million is gonna flow through in 2026. And then I think if you look at our capital return, we returned just over $700 million for our shareholders last year, and we've grown our dividend. Lastly, on the dividend, we upped our dividend by, excuse me, by 20% to $0.12 a quarter. The way we're sort of thinking about this is we're gonna grow our dividend as our share count declines.
So just to cover on page six, a little bit on the market outlook as we look at the 2026 plan. You can see a really dramatic increase in business pursuit activity, kinda in the early 2000s, really dominated by increasing EV activity. So we're encouraged by that, and as we talk about growth going forward, we expect that's really going to play into our ability to capitalize on that opportunity. Please turn with me now to slide nine for a review of our fourth quarter and full year results for 2025.
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