Cash dividends paid
Cash dividends paid to common shareholders.
Worked example · a round-number company
Cash dividends paid$1.0B÷Revenue$5.0B=Share of revenue20.0%This period$1.0B÷A year before$800M− 1 =Change+25.0%How to read it
↕Neither higher nor lower is better. Shows cash returned through common dividends.
Keep in mind
- A positive value is cash paid, not cash generated; preferred dividends are excluded.