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Meta, Alphabet and Alibaba drove a fifth of 2024 dividend growth

Where 2024's growth came fromContribution
Financialsnearly half of all growth
Banks, underlying growth+12.5%
Meta, Alphabet and Alibaba$15.1bn, about one fifth
Mining and transport$26bn less than 2023

Three companies paying a dividend for the first time produced roughly a fifth of the world's dividend growth. Source: Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index, full year 2024.

Companies that generate more cash than they need send some to shareholders. Worldwide that reached a record 1.75 trillion dollars in 2024. Meta, Alphabet and Alibaba all began paying that year, and together produced about a fifth of the growth.

$1.75 trillionPaid worldwide in 2024
6.6%Underlying growth
88%Raised or held payout
$15.1 billionMeta, Alphabet, Alibaba

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