Another Good Quarter for Dividends

Last quarter was another solid quarter for dividends from the S&P 500. This was the 29th quarter in a row of higher dividends for the index.

The S&P 500 paid out 12.12 in dividends last quarter. That’s the index-adjusted figure. Think of it this way — roughly one point per week. That one point in the index equals $8.567 billion.

For Q2, dividends were up 7.42% from last year’s year’s Q2. This was the third quarter in a row of acceleration (meaning, higher rate of growth)

Dividends are up 117% since Q2 of 2010 while the index is up 107%. No one wants to hear this but during this bull market, the S&P 500 has largely matched dividend growth.

Posted by on July 5th, 2017 at 5:43 pm


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