Quarterly
Dividends are paid to shareholders by three types. They can either be paid annually, or biannually, or on quarterly basis.
Dividends are paid from corporate profits.
Dividends paid divided by the toal number of shares outstanding.
Most dividends on stocks and shares are paid twice a year, some pay four times a year.
Dividends are usually paid to the investors of a company. These are paid on an annual or, more commonly, a quarterly basis.
Stockholders
Yes, the amount of x dividends paid will reduce retained earnings by x.
Paid up additions is a method of receiving your dividends from a mutual insurance company. Paid up additions is actually a very good method as it allows a policyholder to use their dividends to purchase paid up additional insurance in the policy thereby increasing coverage and increasing annual dividends because dividends are also paid on the additional insurance. You do not have to pay taxes on the dividends paid in this manner either.
Dividends for preferred stockholders are often stated in advance and do not tend to fluctuate as much as those for common stock.
The stockholder.
Yes. companies pay out dividends to its share holders from the profit they make out of their business. The more the profit the company makes the greater would be the dividends paid out to the shareholders.
Stock dividends are usually paid by check. Rarely, they can be applied to purchasing more stock or property. They are usually paid either quarterly or annually.