This content was created by Ndubuisi 'Andy' Egwim. This content was uploaded by Ndubuisi 'Andy' Egwim. This is a YouTube video titled "Dividends vs Earnings: What Investors Get WRONG!" featuring Ndubuisi 'Andy' Egwim explaining stock market terminology, specifically the difference between dividends and earnings, recorded on April 22, 2025.
To bring it back to stock market terminology. When you buy common stocks, you're buying a part of the business. Now, when you hear things like dividend, you're getting your returns, your dividends from the business. Let's say the dividend decides. The company decides to pay out some money from their profit. That's dividend. When you hear earnings, earnings, earnings, earnings. That's a very important word. The earnings is basically the income the company has made. So after they have done their expenses, they have done everything. This is the money they have that the earnings. Earnings is not equal to dividend earning per share. I will explain. Is not equal to dividend.
