The year 2024 was a record one for US Dividends. This was fueled by continued increase in earnings and by the initiation of dividends for the first time from some big heavy-weights like Meta, Alphabet etc.
S&P 500 paid a record dividend of $74.83 in 2024, which is a 6.40% increase over the dividend of $70.30 for 2023.
This was the 15th year of consecutive annual dividend increases for S&P 500.
Basically the entire US Stock Market is just one large Dividend Growth Stock.
This post originally appeared at Dividend Growth Investor.