Getting To Know Types Of Dividends And Payment Procedures

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YOGYAKARTA - Dividend is a term in the world of corporations and stocks that are familiar to investors. Dividend is the profit earned by investors from the ownership of a stock. There are five types of dividends themselves with different provisions.

Dividends are part of the revenue or profit of a company distributed to the shareholders. Large dividends have been set by the director and passed in a meeting of shareholders. This dividend distribution is something investors have always been waiting for.

Shareholders will receive dividends according to the number of shares owned. Investors or shareholders can receive dividends in the form of money or shares. In addition, there are other types of dividends that investors need to know.

In general, there are 5 types of dividends in corporations. Here are the types of dividends that investors need to know.

The dividend of shares is the distribution of the company's profits or dividends in the form of shares. So the dividend that investors will receive is in the form of shares. Dividend shares are almost similar to the company's capital resummation or company recapitulation, but do not reduce the number of ownership of investors.

This type of dividend is given by the company in cash or cash. So investors or shareholders will receive dividends in the form of cash. This type of dividend distribution is the most often applied. The dividend distribution period can be done from two to four times a year. This dividend distribution will be taxed according to applicable regulations.

Dividend property is a type of dividend distributed in the form of assets. This type of dividend section has a fairly complicated process so that it is not widely applied by the company. Usually dividend property sharing is chosen when the company does not have cash.

Liquidity dividends are profits or dividends distributed in the form of partial returns. Usually, this type of dividend is applied by companies that are experiencing bankruptcy or will stop operating. When the company will collect, the remaining wealth that is still owned will be distributed to the shareholders. But if there is no remaining wealth, the company also cannot distribute anything.

Forest promise dividends are dividends distributed in the form of debt promises. This letter contains an agreement from the company to pay dividend investor rights within a certain or predetermined period. This dividend distribution is usually applied when the company does not have enough cash to pay dividends. The agreement letter is then given as a guarantee for the payment of dividend payments to investors.

There are 5 dividend payment procedures that must be understood by investors or shareholders. This dividend payment procedure is known as the dividend announcement date.

The following is the dividend payment procedure:

The date of recording or date of record contains the names of investors and shareholder data in a company that is entitled to dividend distribution.

Cum-Dividend is the final date in stock trading for investors who want to get dividends in the form of cash or shares.

The announcement date is the date the issuer or company announces the distribution of dividends, namely the form of dividends, amount, and payment time.

The payment date is the time when the company pays dividends to shareholders who receive dividend rights.

Ex-Dividend is a share trading release date based on something that has received another right for the company to receive dividends.

This is a review of the types of dividends that must be known by investors or shareholders. The application of each type of dividend is determined on the condition that the company distributes its dividends.

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