Luke Chan / Getty Images A dividend is the total amount of money that an investor receives as income from owning shares of a company, or another dividend-yielding asset, during the fiscal year.

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A dividend is the distribution of part of a publicly-traded company’s profits to its shareholders. US companies usually pay dividends on a quarterly basis, but sometimes they are paid on a ...

Dividend per share (DPS) refers to the total dividend a company pays out over a 12-month period, divided by the total number of outstanding shares. In other words, it is how much of a dividend ...

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Coca-Cola has raised its dividend for more than six decades. Procter & Gamble has paid a dividend for well over a century. Target's dividend-increase streak extends over 50 years. Investing in ...

What should investors be looking for when it comes to choosing the best dividend stocks? At Morningstar, we think that the best dividend stocks aren’t simply the highest-yielding dividend stocks.

Dividend investing allows individuals to generate steady cash flow from their investments. While extra cash is always welcome, some dividend stocks overdeliver and outperform the stock market.