stock dividend

American  

noun

Finance.

1. a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.

2. the stock received in such a dividend.

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Etymology

Origin of stock dividend

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The company also announced a 10% increase to its quarterly common stock dividend to $0.65 per share for fiscal 2026.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

It also suspended its stock dividend to investors.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Last month, Southwest said it would reinstate its stock dividend, which was suspended in 2020 to conserve cash and to comply with restrictions imposed on airlines receiving federal aid.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023

"The AMC distribution of "APE" is somewhere between a stock split and a stock dividend," said Rick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2022

Then, as later, when a road was prospering greatly it would sometimes declare a "stock dividend," that is, give its stockholders additional stock in proportion to what they already owned.

From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell