stock dividend

Definition
A dividend paid as additional shares of stock rather than as cash. If dividends paid are in the form of cash, those dividends are taxable. When a company issues a stock dividend, rather than cash, there usually are not tax consequences until the shares are sold.




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Dividends, Stocks and Investor Relations subjects.


Related Terms

cash dividend -
buy and hold -  More
cumulative dividend -  More
fractional share, participating preferred, payout, Return on Equity, ROE, SPDR, Spider, Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt, do not increase (DNI), new money preferred
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