Shareholder return and remuneration are higher in the US than in the Eurozone – Natixis

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Comparing the United States and the Eurozone, analysts at Natixis see that both the shareholder return and shareholder remuneration as a percentage of GDP are markedly higher in the US than in the Eurozone.

How do the US and the eurozone compare?

“As regards the shareholder return, it is 2.5% higher in the US than in the Eurozone.”

“As regards shareholder remuneration (as a percentage of GDP), we have seen that it corresponds to 8% of GDP in the US versus 4% in the Eurozone.”

“As regards the proportion of gross earnings that is distributed and earnings as a percentage of corporate investment, we see that they are about twice as high in the US than in the Eurozone.”

“All things considered, US companies pay their shareholders significantly more than European companies do, the risk being that shareholders receive amounts that should be invested.”

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