Surpassing “Microsoft” and “Apple” .. “Saudi Aramco” tops the ‎list of the largest companies in the world in terms of dividend ‎distribution

Saudi Arabian Oil Company “Saudi Aramco” topped the list of the largest companies in the world in terms of distributing cash dividends, as its total distributions exceeded that of the next five major companies in the ranking.

According to the “Bloomberg” agency, the payments made by “Aramco” to the Saudi government and other investors for the year 2022 AD amounted to 75.80 billion dollars, and the payments could increase by more than 20 billion dollars in the current year. Thus, it overtook giant American companies such as Microsoft, Apple and ExxonMobil

Yesterday, Tuesday, May 9, Saudi Aramco announced the distribution of cash dividends to shareholders at a value of 73.16 billion riyals ($19.51 billion) for the first quarter of 2023 AD, provided that the share of the distribution is 0.3024 riyals, and the distribution ratio is to the nominal share value. %.

The following is a list of the largest dividends expected from companies around the world in 2023.