A dividend is when the company hands part of its profit to whoever owns the shares, like a little thank you…by @fees_first_dan on $SPP

A dividend is when the company hands part of its profit to whoever owns the shares, like a little thank you for holding them. Spar's paid a few over the years when things went well, so if you owned 100 shares and they paid out 50 cents per share, you'd get R50 in your bank account.