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The 11 pages that link to Dividend, each with the reason it gives.

• ProfitRelated: It is one way companies allocate profit to owners.

• ShareholderRelated: Dividends are one way shareholders may receive value from ownership.

• Cash flow statementRelated: Cash dividends paid are commonly reported as financing outflows under US GAAP.

• Common stockRelated: Common shareholders may receive dividends, but the board can reduce or omit them.

• Preferred stockRelated: Preferred shares commonly promise a specified dividend before common shareholders receive distributions.

• Stock marketRelated: Dividends are one way stock ownership can provide returns beyond price changes.

• Statement of changes in equityRelated: Declared distributions reduce retained earnings or another relevant equity balance.

• Rate of returnRelated: Dividends add income to the return earned from share-price changes.

• Robert J. ShillerRelated: Historical dividend records supplied the fundamental benchmark in Shiller’s analysis of stock prices.