Among Shinhan Investment Corp customers, the number of investors who received dividends increased by more than 30 percent over the past 2 years. Samsung Electronics had the most dividend recipients for domestic stocks, and Nvidia led overseas stocks.

Shinhan Investment Corp on Oct. 29 released dividend-related material based on an analysis of its customer data.

According to Shinhan Investment Corp, the number of customers receiving dividends rose by more than 30 percent to about 1.4 million through the third quarter of this year from about 1.0 million for all of 2024.

From January to September this year, Samsung Electronics was the domestic stock from which the largest number of customers received dividends. SK Hynix and Hyundai Motor ranked second and third, respectively.

For overseas stocks, Nvidia ranked first, followed by Apple, Alphabet A and Microsoft.

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also had a high share of products tracking major U.S. indexes.

Among ETFs listed in South Korea, TIGER US S&P500 ranked first in the number of customers receiving dividends. KODEX 200 and KODEX US Nasdaq 100 placed second and third, respectively.

Among ETFs listed overseas, Invesco QQQ Trust ranked first. Schwab US Dividend Equity, which focuses on dividend stocks, was second, and SS SPDR S&P500 Trust was tallied third.

By age, investors aged 31 to 60 formed the core group. From January to September this year, they accounted for 65.9 percent of customers receiving dividends.

More specifically, the largest number of dividend recipients were aged 51 to 60, followed by those aged 31 to 40 and 41 to 50. In particular, the 51 to 60 group also posted the biggest increase in headcount compared with the full year of last year.

Dividend receipts by younger investors also expanded. Customers aged 11 to 20 who received dividends from January to September rose 27.9 percent from the full year of last year, and those aged 21 to 30 increased 25.0 percent. The combined increase for the two age groups was 26.2 percent.

A Shinhan Investment Corp official said, "When investing in dividend stocks, there are many things to check, including the dividend record date, share price declines due to ex-dividend trading, and comprehensive taxation on financial income based on dividend payments."