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How dividends are a distribution

A dividend sends company value out to shareholders, usually as cash the board has declared.

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A dividend is a distribution of company value to shareholders, most often cash, declared by the board and paid on a set date to owners of record. The money or stock leaves the corporate pile and becomes the holder's, so the firm is smaller by what it handed out. The opening covers the board declares a payout, cash leaves the company, and the ex-date assigns the check.

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The board declares a payout
Cash leaves the company
The ex-date assigns the check
The share price adjusts
Where the idea stops applying
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Cash dividend declaration
Ex-dividend date

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How dividends are a distribution

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