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.

Global dividends rose to a record $568.1bn in Q2, up 4.9% on a headline basis

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

Globally, 88% of companies either increased dividends

or held them steady in Q2

2023 global forecast unchanged owing to continuing economic uncertainty

US$1.64 trillion

up 5.0% on an underlying basis

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