2013 Dividend Plays
April 02, 2013 at 16:17 PM EDT
Aggregate dividends per share for S&P 500 companies grew nearly 16 percent year-over-year at the end of last year, and the number of companies paying a dividend over the trailing month period hit a new, 13-year high of 405, or roughly 81 percent of the S&P 500, according to Factset.