Dividend Stocks: Top 10 highest dividend paying stocks in 2022, which rewarded shareholders up to 8500 per cent dividend!

Companies which pay huge amount of dividend often become the talk of the town and as a result garner a lot of attention from the market participants.

Long term investors often look for regular income along with capital appreciation. Hence, they are always looking out for an investment that offers regular income. High-dividend stocks can be a good choice. 

A dividend is a payment to a company's shareholders. These payments are the common portion of the earnings that the board of directors voted to pay out during the dividend period. Investors who own stock in the company on the ex-dividend date are entitled to receive dividends based on the number of shares owned. Companies pay dividends per share. 

Companies which pay huge amount of dividend often become the talk of the town and as a result garner a lot of attention from the market participants. 

As the year 2022 comes to an end, here are the top 10 stocks which have declared highest dividend in the year 2022- 

Note: We have considered stocks based on percentage of dividend, not the absolute value in Rs terms.