Janus Henderson
Global Dividend Index
The first of its kind, quarterly, long-term study into global dividend trends, it analyses 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.
Key findings
Unless otherwise stated all data is sourced by Janus Henderson Investors as of 30 september 2020.
Glossary of terms
| Volatility | The rate and extent at which the price of a portfolio, security or index, moves up and down. If the price swings up and down with large movements, it has high volatility. If the price moves more slowly and to a lesser extent, it has lower volatility. It is used as a measure of the riskiness of an investment. |
| Headline dividends | The sum total of all dividends received. |
| Headline growth | Change in total gross dividends. |
| Special dividends | Typically, one-off payouts made by companies to shareholders that are declared to be separate from their regular dividend cycle. |
| Underlying dividend growth | Headline dividend growth adjusted for special dividends, change in currency, timing effects and index changes. |