Edition 39, August 2023
Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index
The first-of-its-kind, this is a quarterly, long-term study into global dividend trends, analysing dividends paid by the 1,200 largest firms by market capitalisation. It is a measure of progress that global firms are making in paying their investors an income on their capital.
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Global dividends rose to a record US $568.1bn in Q2, up 4.9% on a headline basisÂ
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Underlying growth accelerated to 6.3% year-on-year
Banks contributed half the world’s dividend growth in Q2
with vehicle manufacturers contributing one seventh
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 Globally, 88% of companies either increased dividends
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or held them steady in Q2
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 2023 global forecast unchanged owing to continuing economic uncertainty
US$1.64 trillion
up 5.0% on an underlying basis
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Janus Henderson Investors 30 June 2023| Marketing communication