What exactly are dividends?

What exactly are dividends?

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    Dividends are profits that corporations distribute to their stockholders. They are often paid quarterly, at a certain amount per share of stock owned.

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Distributable profit. A company makes a profit, called earnings. Part of the earnings are retained by the company and part are paid to shareholders by way of a dividend.

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Profits of the corporation distributed to the owners. The shareholders of the stock are the owners of the corporation.

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dividends are share of profits earned by the company that are to be distributed to owners(shareholders)

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