Buyback Watch provides a global perspective on how companies return capital to shareholders and the role buybacks play in corporate capital allocation. The report explores key trends, regional differences and the considerations investors should weigh when assessing buyback activity.
About the Global Equity Study
The Capital Group Global Equity Study explores how companies generate, grow and return value to shareholders. Covering the world's 1,600 largest listed companies, the Global Equity Study provides data-driven insights into profits, dividends, share buybacks and valuations. These insights help investors better understand the drivers of long-term equity returns and identify trends shaping global equity markets.
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Dividend Watch - August 2026
Global dividends hit a new record as companies continue to reward shareholders
Dividend Watch explores the trends shaping global dividend growth and income opportunities, with global dividends reaching a record $827.3 billion in Q2 2026.
Technology payouts surged on the back of AI-driven earnings growth, while financials remained a key contributor.
Register to access:
- The full Dividend Watch report
- Interactive dashboard of dividend trends across regions and sectors
- Proprietary data on the world's largest companies
- Capital Group's latest outlook for global dividends
Discover where dividend growth is coming from today, and what it could mean for investors tomorrow.
Global dividends hit new highs. What's driving the growth?
- Discover how AI is driving a new era of dividend growth
- See why Japan, the UK and Pacific markets are leading the way
- Find out which sectors are delivering the biggest shareholder payouts
- Read our latest outlook for record global dividends in 2026
Dividend Watch interactive dashboard
Register to explore and compare dividend payments across regions, sectors and markets over time
Dividend Watch interactive dashboard
Explore and compare dividend payments across regions, sectors and markets over time
Select up to three datasets (A, B and C) using Region, Territory, Sector and Sub-sector filters to compare different parts of the market.
Choose a time period (from Q1 2010 onwards) and view results either yearly or quarterly.
View divdend amounts as a bar chart and access the underlying figures via the Chart Data option.
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- Dividend Watch
- Buyback Watch
- Profit Watch
- Value Watch
All information as at 30 June 2026 and attributed to Capital Group, unless otherwise stated. Data supplied by Exchange Data International, supplemented by insight from company sources such as annual reports and results announcements and FactSet. FX data is also sourced from FactSet.
Dividend growth has been calculated in US dollars and is illustrated using indexed charts rebased to 100 in Q4 2010. All growth rates quoted in the text are year-on-year unless otherwise stated.