Buying a share before the dividend, and selling it immediately after receiving a dividend sounds like an excellent way to make a lot of profits from the Share Market, but can you really profit from the Dividend income? In this video, we've explained the entire working of dividend cycle in less than a 1 minute. All the important concepts of dividend like record date, ex dividend date, and payout date are explained in this video. 3M India has recently announced a special dividend of ₹850 for all its shareholders, with the record date on 22nd November, Ex-dividend date one day before the record date, ie 21st November, meaning every shareholder who's holding stocks prior ex-dividend date will be entitled to the ₹850 dividend. Can one really profit from this dividend or there's a catch behind it? Well, the dividend payout is made from the profits of the company, meaning that company isn't reinvesting its profits back in the business and distributing them as dividend. This can indirectly signal that company isn't expecting any major growth or capex in the near future and therefore, distributing profits for his shareholders. Companies with limited growth projection, often tend to distribute higher dividends to keep the interest of the shareholders.