AIM dividends triple in six years to pass £1bn in 2018

'Astonishing growth'

Laura Dew
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Dividends from AIM stocks have tripled between 2012 and 2018, almost four times faster than the main market, despite only one third of AIM companies paying a dividend.

According to the debut AIM Dividend Monitor by Link Asset Services, the average annual growth has been 18.6% compared to 4.9% on the main market. The total dividends paid by AIM companies are set to pass £1bn in 2018 at £1.16bn, almost three times the £417m distributed in 2012.  UK Dividend Monitor: Headline dividends fall for first time in three years Link attributed the growth in AIM dividends to the increasing maturity of AIM companies, the larger size of new listings - which are paying dividends at an earlier stage - and a broad sector mix.  In contrast to the main market, o...

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