Percentage of firms with different payout methods

100
90
80
70
60
50 Repurchases only
Divs + Repurchases
40
Divs only
30 No payouts
20
10
0

Source: Compustat
yout methods

Repurchases only
Divs + Repurchases
Divs only
No payouts
1678.7348 3889.1006
1587.5816 3386.8407
1413.0253 3273.0621
1549.0921 2842.6804
1500.838 2605.5158
1394.1554 2494.6543
1579.0189 2225.8459
1519.9051 2193.5144
1355.6701 2367.268
1400.6474 2168.8247
1215.4045 2229.4194
1032.674 2325.4289
973.35344 2742.0814
1030.2439 2646.8293
1061.0546 2691.0268
1143.5855 2641.3548
1159.7962 2542.8439
1296.963 2439.7674
1348.8891 2409.5938
1318.1818 2291.1025
1137.4313 2245.8771
960.92708 2340.2728
1035.1727 2385.2148
1534.6428 2041.8735
1611.6654 2007.4553
1691.2499 1832.0949
1812.8199 1546.8507
1791.8344 1527.3145
1339.645 1853.2544
1394.082 1870.7441
 1980 17.622544 42.389363 5.7551101 34.232983
594.5122 3837.6524 1981 16.79 38.89 5.95 38.38
716.17569 4309.402 1982 15.88 33.87 7.16 43.09
795.24527 4518.6673 1983 14.13 32.73 7.95 45.19
814.71959 4793.508 1984 15.49 28.43 8.15 47.94
959.92686 4933.7193 1985 15.01 26.06 9.60 49.34
930.86244 5180.3279 1986 13.94 24.95 9.31 51.80
996.05925 5199.076 1987 15.79 22.26 9.96 51.99
1018.9823 5267.5982 1988 15.20 21.94 10.19 52.68
784.79381 5492.268 1989 13.56 23.67 7.85 54.92
835.40837 5595.1195 1990 14.01 21.69 8.35 55.95
767.87186 5787.3042 1991 12.15 22.29 7.68 57.87
629.43941 6012.4577 1992 10.33 23.25 6.29 60.12
649.57265 5634.9925 1993 9.73 27.42 6.50 56.35
717.07317 5605.8537 1994 10.30 26.47 7.17 56.06
790.93432 5456.9843 1995 10.61 26.91 7.91 54.57
832.19521 5382.8644 1996 11.44 26.41 8.32 53.83
982.86244 5314.4975 1997 11.60 25.43 9.83 53.14
1287.7319 4975.5377 1998 12.97 24.40 12.88 49.76
1377.7075 4863.8096 1999 13.49 24.10 13.78 48.64
1317.2147 5073.501 2000 13.18 22.91 13.17 50.74
1378.3108 5238.3808 2001 11.37 22.46 13.78 52.38
1298.3284 5400.4717 2002 9.61 23.40 12.98 54.00
1142.5864 5437.0261 2003 10.35 23.85 11.43 54.37
951.86704 5471.6167 2004 15.35 20.42 9.52 54.72
954.93915 5425.9401 2005 16.12 20.07 9.55 54.26
1054.6745 5421.9807 2006 16.91 18.32 10.55 54.22
1181.8384 5458.491 2007 18.13 15.47 11.82 54.58
1453.709 5227.142 2008 17.92 15.27 14.54 52.27
1289.9408 5517.1598 2009 13.40 18.53 12.90 55.17
1202.179 5532.9949 2010 13.94 18.71 12.02 55.33
2011 14.22 16.83 10.78 58.17 1546
2012 15.58 17.73 10.68 56.01 1599

Average 14.41 19.26 11.71 54.62

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1819 1096 5747 10261