Last Year’s Dividends from Listed Companies Totaled 22.5 Trillion Won... 1.9% Decrease from Previous Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] The dividends paid by listed companies with December fiscal year-end to shareholders amounted to 22.5 trillion won, showing a 1.9% decrease compared to the previous year.

According to the Korea Securities Depository on the 27th, among KOSPI and KOSDAQ listed companies with December 2019 fiscal year-end, 1,094 companies paid cash dividends (excluding quarterly and interim dividends) last year, which is 12 fewer companies than the previous year, and the total dividend amount decreased by 1.9% to 22.5527 trillion won.

The number of companies that paid dividends decreased by 12 compared to the previous year, and the total dividend amount decreased by 1.9%.

In the securities market, the stock index of the KOSPI increased by 7.7% compared to the previous year, but dividends decreased by 2.5%, while the KOSDAQ stock index fell by 0.9%, but dividends increased by 8.5%.

By industry, holding companies accounted for the largest share of dividend payments with 3.8688 trillion won (17.2%). This was followed by semiconductor manufacturing (15.5%), automobile manufacturing (5.6%), and telecommunications (5.0%).

By shareholder type, domestic corporations received 9.3765 trillion won, accounting for the highest proportion (41.6%), and dividends paid to foreign shareholders amounted to 8.1229 trillion won, accounting for 36.0%. Domestic individuals received 5.0533 trillion won (22.4%).

However, the total dividends paid to foreign shareholders decreased by 5.5% compared to the previous year.

In the securities market, the company that paid the most dividends to foreign shareholders was Samsung Electronics, with a total dividend amount of 1.4407 trillion won. Among KOSDAQ companies, Korea Investors Service (311 billion won) paid the most dividends to foreigners.

By nationality of foreign shareholders, Americans received 2.5835 trillion won, accounting for 44.1% of total dividends, followed by the United Kingdom with 632.3 billion won (7.8%), and Luxembourg with 515.7 billion won (6.4%).

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.