Dividend Stocks List
Symbol | Grade | Name | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
DFN | C | Dividend 15 Split Corp. | 0.00 | |
DF | C | Dividend 15 Split Corp. II | 0.00 | |
DGS | A | Dividend Growth Split Corp. | 0.00 | |
DS | B | Dividend Select 15 Corp. | 0.00 | |
EVT | A | Economic Investment Trust Limited | 0.00 | |
FTN | B | Financial 15 Split Corp. | 0.00 | |
FSF | A | First Asset Global Financial Sector ETF | 0.00 | |
FUD | C | First Trust AlphaDEX U.S. Dividend ETF (CAD-Hedged) | 0.00 | |
HAL | A | Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF | 0.00 | |
AI | C | Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation | 0.00 |
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A dividend is a payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, the corporation is able to re-invest the profit in the business (called retained earnings) and pay a proportion of the profit as a dividend to shareholders. Distribution to shareholders may be in cash (usually a deposit into a bank account) or, if the corporation has a dividend reinvestment plan, the amount can be paid by the issue of further shares or share repurchase.A dividend is allocated as a fixed amount per share with shareholders receiving a dividend in proportion to their shareholding. For the joint-stock company, paying dividends is not an expense; rather, it is the division of after-tax profits among shareholders. Retained earnings (profits that have not been distributed as dividends) are shown in the shareholders' equity section on the company's balance sheet – the same as its issued share capital. Public companies usually pay dividends on a fixed schedule, but may declare a dividend at any time, sometimes called a special dividend to distinguish it from the fixed schedule dividends. Cooperatives, on the other hand, allocate dividends according to members' activity, so their dividends are often considered to be a pre-tax expense.
The word "dividend" comes from the Latin word "dividendum" ("thing to be divided").
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