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Dividends (shown under the “Div” column in Table 1-1) are basically payments to owners (stockholders). If a company pays a dividend, it’s shown in the dividend column. The amount you see is the annual dividend quoted for one share of that stock. If you look at LowDownInc (LDI) in Table 1-1, you can see that you get $2.35 as an annual dividend for each share of stock that you own. Companies usually pay the dividend in quarterly amounts. If you own 100 shares of LDI, the company pays you a quarterly dividend of $58.75 ($235 total per year). A healthy company strives to maintain or upgrade the dividend for stockholders from year to year. (Additional dividend details are discussed later in this chapter.)

The dividend is very important to investors seeking income from their stock investments. For more about investing for income, see Chapter 3 in Book 3. Investors buy stocks in companies that don’t pay dividends primarily for growth. For more information on growth stocks, see Chapter 2 in Book 3.