U.S. Dividend Announcements for 8/20/2018

 

A dividend is a distribution of part of a company's earnings to its shareholders. When a company earns a profit, its board of directors can decide to reinvest the profit in the company (retained earnings) or distribute the profit to its shareholders in the form of a dividend. Dividends are most often quoted in terms of the dollar amount that will be distributed per each share of stock (dividend per share). For more information on dividend investing, see our free 200-page dividend investing guide.