What does it mean when a stock pays dividends?

Do you have to hold it for a certain time period in order to get dividends, i know not all company’s pays dividends. Only large profitable companies pay.

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I’m looking for a link to such studies here, so hopefully I can save time from doing my own studies. Basically, I’m looking for edges in the market, and even if dividend stocks grow at the same rate as non-dividend stocks, and dividends are a percent, than I will have a percent plus compounding [...]

How do I find stocks that pay exceptionally high dividends?

I’m looking for stocks that pay a dividend in excess of 15% (I’ve had them as high as 24%, so I know they exist). Of course, I want this dividend to be paid from profit, instead of the business taking out a loan for it.
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Is there a difference between dividends and cash dividends when accounting for dividends?

I’m studying for the CFA Level I, and I thought dividends were always paid in cash, but am a bit confused since it appears that there is just a rearranging of the equity- retained earnings and paid-in capital- when accounting for dividends. Please advise. Thanks.

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How is it possible Citi group is still paying dividends when it is reporting losses?

With regards to Citi’s recent loss report for the 4th quarter, how is it
possible for the company to pay dividends (even though dividends are slashed by
41%)? Shouldn’t a company only pay dividends when they are profiting?

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Any tax benefits to reinvesting your dividends from mutual funds?

I have a few mutual funds with fidelity which distribute dividends once a year. By default all the dividends are reinvested back into the funds. I would rather have the dividends in cash so I can invest into different funds. Is there any tax benefits to having the dividends reinvested instead of just taking the [...]

How companys pay dividends on their stocks?

Questions:
Does every company pay dividends on their stocks every 3 months?
Do I have to have the stocks on hold for atleast 3 months to receive dividends?
What If I buy a company’s stock a day before the company starts giving dividends will I get it then?
And, what If the prices of my stocks fall will i [...]

How do dividends work for mutual funds?

Recently Fidelity Low Price Stock paid dividends. The price dropped dramatically per share effectively giving me the same total $ amount as I had before the dividends. Why do they pay dividends and have the price drop at the same time?

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What does it mean when dividends are negative?

I’m looking to do a dividend payout ratio to compare 4 energy & oil companies for a class. 3 of them come out negative because the dividends are negative, and I’m wondering what that means.

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How can distributed "dividends" from a normally-taxed, US-traded mutual fund possibly be negative in between?

. . . date-itemized distributed dividends that are positive, and both negative and positive amounts add up to a net total in the box 1A "ordinary dividends" on form 1099-DIV?
They add up to a positive net total.
Or, are the negative amounts being used by the brokerage firm as some type of accounting method for their [...]

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