在美国非金融公司中，20世纪80年代以来用于股利和股票回购的可投资资金比例呈现增加之势（尽管存在起伏 ） 。
Among US nonfinancial corporations, the proportion of investable funds used for dividends and share buybacks has been trending upward, albeit with cyclical ups and downs, since the 1980s.