In 2021, CAC40 companies had spent more than 22 billion euros on share buybacks - a record high compared to recent years - reducing the number of shares on the market and increasing the value of those remaining. In addition, the dividends voted at the 2022 general assemblies of CAC40 groups amounted to 57.5 billion euros, another record. This represented a total bonus of about 80 billion euros for CAC40 shareholders for the year 2021.
The CAC40 is the main index of the Paris Stock Exchange. It is composed of 40 stocks among the 100 largest French capitalizations on Euronext.
Dividends and stock buybacks on the year's profits voted at the General Assembly the following year by CAC40 companies in France between 2017 and 2021
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Observatoire des multinationales. (November 15, 2022). Dividends and stock buybacks on the year's profits voted at the General Assembly the following year by CAC40 companies in France between 2017 and 2021 (in billion euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1377026/dividends-stock-buybacks-cac40-companies/
Observatoire des multinationales. "Dividends and stock buybacks on the year's profits voted at the General Assembly the following year by CAC40 companies in France between 2017 and 2021 (in billion euros)." Chart. November 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1377026/dividends-stock-buybacks-cac40-companies/
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