AIM dividends triple in six years to pass £1bn in 2018

'Astonishing growth'

Dividends from AIM stocks have tripled between 2012 and 2018, almost four times faster than the main market, despite only one third of AIM companies paying a dividend.

According to the debut AIM Dividend Monitor by Link Asset Services, the average annual growth has been 18.6% compared to 4.9% on the main market. The total dividends paid by AIM companies are set to pass £1bn in 2018 at £1.16bn, almost three times the £417m distributed in 2012.  UK Dividend Monitor: Headline dividends fall for first time in three years Link attributed the growth in AIM dividends to the increasing maturity of AIM companies, the larger size of new listings - which are paying dividends at an earlier stage - and a broad sector mix.  In contrast to the main market, o...