How do you find out if a company pays dividends on their stock or not?
The companies announce a record date with both Exchange BSE/NSE before paying dividend so you can get info on company website or NSE/BSE website. You can also find a list on moneycontrol at below linkhttp://www.moneycontrol.com/stoc...The company that has given a dividend in the past does not assure that they will give dividend in next financial year or next quarter.The company declares dividends during their quarterly results or annual general body meet. There is always a record date associated with dividend.Summary.If you plan to buy a stock for its dividend there is a a strong chance that price of the stock correct as the same amount as dividend or maybe more sometimes.StrategySell the stock which is offering extremely good dividend for e.g. Vedanta or OFSS and ride the wave and exit around the record date.ExampleVedanta To pay ₹21.20 as dividend per equity share Source: Vedanta declares record interim dividend of ₹7,881 cr“MUMBAI, MARCH 13The board of directors of Vedanta has approved an interim dividend of ₹21.20 per equity share for 2017-18. The record date for the payment of dividend is March 21, 2018.”The announcement was made after the market hours and impact was not seen on 13th March but decline started from March 14th and made a low of 275 which is a difference of 46/- quite more than the dividend paid by the company.Now what happens is the retail investors get lured by the event of dividend but the fact is you really don’t make money if you enter in a stock to make gains from dividend. In fact it is a good shorting opportunity when such huge dividends are paid by a company.On the record dateThe stock corrected 6.54% and the people who entered for dividends exited.I share such simple and effective strategies on my free Telegram Channel Faadoo Stocks
Do all stocks pay dividends?
A dividend is a portion of the company's profits that you as a shareholder are entitled to as and when declared by the company. You own some shares, so you get a small percentage of whatever the company has earned. That's a little check sent to you based on the announcement of dividend.It is not necessary for all companies to pay dividends. A company can do a lot of things with its profits. There are also a number of reasons why it might prefer to reinvest all of its earnings back into the company. A company that is still growing rapidly usually won't pay dividends, because it wants to invest as much as possible into further growth of the business by expanding into new markets or geographic areas.A company could invest the money in other financial instruments, such as bonds or invest in other companies, which are strategic in nature.If none of these options make sense, then the company and the board of directors might decide to return some of those profits to shareholders, which is the dividend.Some of the good dividend paying companies in India are:For full list, see here: http://www.moneycontrol.com/stoc...There's one danger sign to pay attention to when chasing the highest dividend paying stocks. A company in financial trouble might suddenly announce out a very attractive dividend to try to attract new investors and increase its stock price. If the company wants to issue more stock, this could be a mechanism to improve the expected amount of money raised by issuing that stock.
What is a Dividend in Stocks?
A dividend is a distribution of usually cash (sometimes a company will pay their dividend in stock) to a company's shareholders. If you held the shares on the record date, then you will receive the dividend on the distribution date. Apple does not pay a regular dividend on their common stock, and as far as I know, they never have in the past, but I will use your example assuming that the company declared a divided of $2.70 per share and you held the shares on the record date. Your gross profit after the sale would be the $44 difference plus the $10.80 (2.70 x 4 shares) you earned in dividend for a total of $54.80. You will have to pay income tax on your profits, so this is gross and not net. The percentage would become 54.80/1076 = 5.09%
Does eBay pay dividends on it's stocks?
No
Common stock dividends?
Colliers, Inc., has 100,000 shares of cumulative preferred stock outstanding. The preferred stock pays dividends in the amount of $2 per share but because of cash flow problems, the company did not pay any dividends last year. The board of directors plans to pay dividends in the amount of $1 million this year. Required: What amount will go to preferred stockholders? How much will be available for common stock dividends? (Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Total to preferred stockholders $ Remainder for common stock dividends $
Dividend per share paid on stock?
Using the Gordon growth model we have P=D(1+g)/(k-g) where P is stockprice $66 D is most recent dividend g is dividend growth rate 4% k is required return 12% Plug in the numbers to find D=P(k-g)/(1+g) = 66 (0.12-0.04)/(1+0.04) = $5.08