DIVIDEND POLICY AND SHAREHOLDERS WEALTH MAXIMIZATION: A STUDY OF SELECTED QUOTED FIRMS ON THE NIGERIA STOCK EXCHANGE (NSE) BY ABDULLAHI BASHIR MUHAMMED DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF Abuja PHONE NO: 08065727548‚ E-MAIL: Bash7th@yahoo.com ISMAILA DADDY ABUBAKAR DEPARTMENT OFECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OFABUJA PHONE NO: 08030596520 E-MAIL: abu4rim@yahoo.com AHMED TIJANI ABDULMAJEED DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY
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INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN Many companies wants to have a return on their investment in a few years and begin to evaluate their projects optimistically calculating an internal rate of real return not yielding results in the end. This does not end up being expected by the companies; According to the article the authors John C. Kelleher and Justin J. MacCormack . They suggest that there is a tendency to a risky behavior‚ Companies started to run the risk of creating unrealistic numbers for themselves
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------------------------------------------------- “India’s economy would reap a better demographic dividend and would grow faster in the next decade” As compared to China‚ do you believe India will have a bigger advantage? Examine how your company is gearing up to benefit from the economic Boom in both the countries? Definitely‚ I believe that India will have a bigger advantage when compared to china due to a better demographic dividend. China & India are the two largest populations in the world‚ each has over a billion
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Paper Presentation on Dividend Theory (a theoretical review) 9 Presented by: |ABDULMUMIN‚ Biliqees Ayoola |UIL/PG2012/105873 | |ADEJARE‚ Rukayat Bukola |UIL/PG2012/104601 | |AMUJO‚ Emmanuel Temitope |UIL/PG2012/103958
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Internal Rate of Return Meaning of Capital Budgeting Capital budgeting can be defined as the process of analyzing‚ evaluating‚ and deciding whether resources should be allocated to a project or not. Capital budgeting addresses the issue of strategic long-term investment decisions. Process of capital budgeting ensure optimal allocation of resources and helps management work towards the goal of shareholder wealth maximization. Why Capital Budgeting is so Important? Involve
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Accounting rate of return Accounting rate of return (also known as simple rate of return) is the ratio of estimated accounting profit of a project to the average investment made in the project. ARR is used in investment appraisal. Formula Accounting Rate of Return is calculated using the following formula: ARR = Average Accounting Profit Average Investment Average accounting profit is the arithmetic mean of accounting income expected to be earned during each year of the project’s life time
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26) Company K is considering two mutually exclusive projects. The cash flows of the projects are as follows: Year | Project A | Project B | 0 | -$2‚000‚000 | -$2‚000‚000 | 1 | 500‚000 | | 2 | 500‚000 | | 3 | 500‚000 | | 4 | 500‚000 | | 5 | 500‚000 | | 6 | 500‚000 | | 7 | 500‚000 | 5‚650‚000 | a. Compute the NPV and IRR for the above two projects‚ assuming a 13% required rate of return. b. Discuss the ranking conflict. c. What decision should be made regarding these
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Preference Shares As in section 4 of Company Act 1965‚ it interpret preference share as “a share by whatever name called‚ which does not entitle the holder thereof to the right to vote at the general meeting or to any right to participate beyond a specified amount in any distribution whether by way of dividend‚ or redemption‚ in wind up‚ or otherwise.” (the library book) Besides that‚ section 66(1) of Company Act 1965 also states that “No company shall allot any preference shares or convert any
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Discussion Why do companies issue shares? In order to raise capital‚ generally to expand the business Suggestion • Raising capital • Expanding the business 4/29/2014 1 Why do people buy the shares? Shares give their holders part of the ownership of a company. (Shareholders have a part of the ownership.) Shareholders receive a proportion of a company’s profits as dividend‚ and may be able to make a capital gain by selling their shares at a higher price than they paid for
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CHAPTER 1 1.1 INDUSTRY PROFILE 1.1.1 About this Industry: Finance and Share Market. [pic] 1.1.2 BSE • The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) (formerly‚ The Stock Exchange‚ Bombay) is a stock exchange is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. • The equity market capitalization of the companies listed on the BSE wasUS$1.63 trillion as of December 2010‚ making it the 4th largest stock exchange in Asia and the 8th largest in the world. • The BSE has the largest number of listed
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