In fact, the return over those years averaged 27 percent, and that figure does not include dividends.

Your income may include wages, dividends, interest, and partnership or S corporation distributions.

The researchers ranked the companies by total return, which includes gains in stock price as well as dividends.

They do not include dividends automatically reinvested in mutual fund shares.

In this case, total return included market gains and dividends reinvested.

The total shareholder return to which the roundtable compares executive pay does, however, include dividends.

They do not include dividends automatically reinvested in mutual funds.

Net profit does not include interest charges, dividends or tax.

The sales figures do not include dividends automatically reinvested in fund shares.

Such income often includes interest, dividends, royalties, and payments for technical assistance.