Before a stupid argument breaks out, everyone please note that a stock buyback is basically equivalent to a dividend with a different tax treatment; both are returning money to investors.

It's also theoretically possible for some of the crypto-token-organisation things to pay dividends, but it's far more common for them to simply take the money and run. Because a token is not a legal framework like a company is.

There are companies paying dividends, and companies reinvesting profit. What difference does it make?

You mean payments/yield from staking?

What percentage of stocks pay dividends?

I don’t have a percentage, but here are 25 to start with:

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/how-to-invest-d...