Experts predict that by the end of 2024, the total amount of dividends paid in the world will increase by 4.7% to a record $1.74 trillion.
The total amount of dividends paid by the world’s largest companies in the second quarter reached a record $606.1 billion, which is 5.8% higher than the same period last year. This is stated in a study by British Janus Henderson Investors.
The number increased by 8.2%.
So, the leaders in terms of payment volume are HSBC, Nestle and China Mobile.
American companies paid dividends worth $161.5 billion in April-June The largest payment came from Microsoft Corp. – nearly $5.6 billion, as does Apple Inc. – over $3.8 billion.
Alphabet Inc. and Meta, which paid dividends for the first time this year, returned about $4 billion to shareholders last quarter.
Companies in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, increased their dividend payouts by 1.1% in the second quarter. In particular, in Singapore the growth was 15.2%, in South Korea – 12.6%, in Taiwan – 27.1%, in Hong Kong – 1.1%.
In Japan, dividends rose 1.4% (to a record $37.2 billion).
Experts predict that by the end of 2024, the total amount of dividends paid in the world will increase by 4.7% to a record $1.74 trillion.
Without taking currency fluctuations into account, the increase would have been 6.4%.
Recall that chip maker Nvidia has surpassed Microsoft and Apple to become the world’s most valuable company.
We report that Apple has reached its highest price ever. The share price closed trading at nearly $229, raising the tech giant’s capitalization to more than $3.5 trillion.
While the American company Tesla plans to cut more than 10% of its staff.
Source: korrespondent
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