How to collect stock dividends?

Officially, stock dividend is the behavior of issuing additional shares of the company to shareholders after the resolution of the shareholders' meeting, rather than paying dividends in cash. Simply put, it is stock dividend. As long as investors who hold shares in the company before the base date can participate, how to distribute the stock dividend and how should investors receive it?

How to collect stock dividends?

Investors do not need to receive stock dividends when paying dividends, and the system will automatically transfer them to the stock account. After paying the dividend, investors will check their stock accounts to find out whether the dividend has been paid successfully. If it is a cash dividend, there will be a sum of money in the stock account. If it is a stock dividend, the number of shares held by the company will increase.

There are three ways to pay dividends on stocks: one is to distribute cash; The second is to distribute new shares (bonus shares); The third is to convert the company's surplus reserve fund into share capital. What we do most often is to find gold or send stocks. As for which one, the listed company will make an announcement after the decision, and investors can't choose the dividend distribution method by themselves.

Investors must pay close attention to four dates related to dividends when paying dividends:

1 dividend announcement date, that is, the time when the company's board of directors announces dividends to the public.

(2) the registration date, that is, the date when the shareholders participating in the dividend are counted and confirmed, during which the shareholders holding the shares of the company can enjoy the dividend.

The ex-dividend date is usually the working day after the registration date, and the stocks bought after this date (including today) will no longer enjoy the current dividend.

4 Payment date, that is, the date when dividends are officially paid to shareholders. Depending on the efficiency of securities depository and fund transfer, it usually reaches the shareholders' account automatically within a few working days.

Stock dividends or shares can be received on the day of issuance, or they may be delayed. Generally speaking, it will definitely arrive within half a month. If it is delayed, it is recommended to consult in time. Finally, I would like to remind you that stock dividends are not necessarily a good thing, but they are not a bad thing. This is a neutral behavior, because the share price will fall after dividends.