When I buy shares in a company, I own a part of the company. So how come I dont get a percentage of the profits based on how many shares I own?

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Anonymous Sun May 17 01:30:28 2020 No.19145119 [Reply] [Original]

When I buy shares in a company, I own a part of the company. So how come I dont get a percentage of the profits based on how many shares I own?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 01:35:11 2020 No.19145166 those are called divvies

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 01:38:57 2020 No.19145203 >>19145166 Dividends are not the same thing, not all companies give dividends

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 03:39:48 2020 No.19146633 >>19145203 you get your piece of the cake through dividends. some companies give them, some companies dont. you already have all your answers.

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