{"id":45262,"date":"2023-04-05T14:13:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T12:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.captrader.com\/glossar\/stockdividende\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T15:11:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T14:11:29","slug":"stock-dividend","status":"publish","type":"glossar","link":"https:\/\/www.captrader.com\/en\/glossar\/stockdividende\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock dividend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regular cash flow is often one of the reasons why private investors and investors alike opt for high-dividend shares. While in Germany a dividend is usually paid out to shareholders once a year in the form of a cash amount, in the USA, for example, a quarterly dividend payment is common. In addition to the distribution of a cash dividend, investors in some companies have the option of a&nbsp;<strong>Distribution in the form of new shares<\/strong>&nbsp;(stock dividend or stock dividend).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a stock dividend?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As&nbsp;<strong>Stock dividend<\/strong>&nbsp;A stock dividend is the distribution of a dividend in the form of new shares instead of the usual cash distribution. The stock dividend (from the English \"stock\" = share) is therefore also referred to as the&nbsp;<strong>Stock dividend<\/strong>The term \"bonus share\" is used to refer to a bonus share, bonus share, bonus share, bonus share or bonus share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shares are allocated on a pro rata basis. For example, if you own 100 shares and a stock dividend of 3% is distributed, you will receive three shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Germany, companies usually pay a cash dividend once a year. A stock dividend comes&nbsp;<strong>Relatively rare<\/strong>&nbsp;before. In other countries, too, a cash dividend is paid more frequently than a stock dividend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a stock dividend is distributed, the investor generally has the&nbsp;<strong>Choice<\/strong>&nbsp;between distribution as cash or in the form of shares. In Germany, the legislator even prescribes the freedom of choice or requires a preceding dividend payment for the distribution of a stock dividend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The stock dividend from the company's point of view<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From a company's point of view, the stock dividend represents a distribution of profits, but the profit remains within the company itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shares may be provided from treasury stock or from a capital increase.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-45262","glossar","type-glossar","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"blog_summary":"","blog_faq_schalter":"nein","faq_uberschrift":"","blog_faq_loop":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.captrader.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossar\/45262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.captrader.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.captrader.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossar"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.captrader.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.captrader.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}