when do companies pay dividends

Dividend-paying companies outperform those that don't pay dividends by a considerable margin. The FTSE 100 can be a valuable source of dividends, but which of its companies pays the most back to shareholders? In fact, the tale is even worse for some of the highest dividend-paying stocks in the S&P 500.

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