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Stock Share/ Action: Do you get profit from the company?

As far as I know, Actions or Stock share (or are the different?) of a company can be bought giving you a % of that company's ownership. Does this also means you get paid a % for their profits made?

Public Comments

1. If they are profitable, they may pay a DIVIDEND expressed as an amount per share. Many stocks do. That would be your share of the profits that they pay out. Most companies keep some of the profit to reinvest in the company and finance further operations. As a result, some companies are profitable, but fail to pay dividends.