Do Stock Market Indices Include Dividends?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the oldest and most widely followed stock market index. ... Changes in the index over time do not include any dividends paid by the 30 DJIA companies. However, total return data for the DJIA, which includes the effects of dividends, is readily available.

Do stock indexes include dividends?

Market cap is the result of multiplying the number of a company's shares outstanding by its stock price. ... However, the value of the S&P 500 index is not a total return index, meaning it doesn't include the gains earned from cash dividends paid by companies to their shareholders.

Which indices include dividends?

A total return index is a type of equity index that tracks both the capital gains as well as any cash distributions, such as dividends or interest, attributed to the components of the index.

Alexander Ross

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