system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If I own 10% of a company do I get 10% of the profit it generates?
gpt
No you don't. Those profits belong to the company, not to you.

The directors of the company might decide to pay dividends out of those profits. If they do, then you should get 10% of all of the dividends that the company pays out.