The shareholders of any company can give themselves a dividend if a majority agree to it and the company has money to pay for the dividend. That is an inherent

The shareholders of any company can give themselves a dividend if a majority agree to it and the company has money to pay for the dividend. That is an inherent part of all stock in for-profit companies. So stocks don't inherently give you dividends, but they do inherently come with the possibility of dividends.