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Meta, Alphabet and Alibaba drove a fifth of 2024 dividend growth
| Where 2024's growth came from | Contribution |
|---|---|
| Financials | nearly 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.
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