Impact of Dividend Policy on Shareholders’ Wealth of Selected Major Pharmaceutical Units in India CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS OF DIVIDEND PAY OUT TREND 4.1 Introduction Dividend policy has been a concern of significance in financial literature since inception of Joint Stock Companies. Dividends are commonly defined as the distribution of earnings (past or present) in real assets among the shareholders of the firm in proportion to their ownership.xxxix Dividend policy connotes to the payout policy‚ which
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CHAPTER 14: DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: DIVIDENDS AND SHARE REPURCHASES 1. The optimal distribution policy strikes that balance between current dividends and capital gains that maximizes the firm’s stock price. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 2. Other things held constant‚ the higher a firm’s target payout ratio‚ the higher its expected growth rate should be. a. True b. False ANSWER: False RATIONALE: The higher the payout ratio‚ the less of its earnings the firm reinvests in the business
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Case Analysis – PORSCHE CANADA: SELLING WINTER DRIVING In this case will study the challenges of changing consumer perceptions in a long term‚ with a limited marketing budget‚ and how the marketing analysis can provide a best decision. About the company: Start the selling cars in 1948 with the “356” Its most popular car was the 911 2002: introduction of the Cayenee‚ sport car line Products in Canada (2008): Boxster and Cayman (entry-level‚ midengine -$55‚000) ‚ 911 (premier model - $120
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Portfolio Assessment Details Part A-i “Is Porsche Killing the Golden Goose? (Business Strategy)” Word count: 543 Part A-ii “Nike’s Core Competency: The Risky Business of Fairly Tales” Word count: 621 Part A-i Porsche Business Strategy In the luxury car industry that Porsche has developed for more than 100 years built a strong industry barrier for new comers‚ including the aspect of capital‚ technology‚ reputation and experiences. Recently‚ Porsche modified its business strategy from focused
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Porsche Cayenne Turbo S After so many high-powered SUV cars‚ Porsche has unveiled the latest Porsche Cayenne Turbo S. Even more prevailing that the previous versions. The Porsche Cayenne Turbo S is fastest and most luxurious SUV that the company has ever introduced. It features a twin-turbocharged 4.8-liter V8‚ but now possesses 562 horsepower and a massive 590 lb-ft of torque – a development over the prior versions. The vehicle uses Porsche’s eight-speed Tiptronic automatic gearbox that helps the
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SHAREHOLDERS: DIVIDENDS AND SHARE REPURCHASES (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Conceptual Easy: Dividends versus capital gains Answer: d Diff: E [i]. Myron Gordon and John Lintner believe that the required return on equity increases as the dividend payout ratio is decreased. Their argument is based on the assumption that a. Investors are indifferent between dividends and capital gains. b. Investors require that the dividend yield and
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statements about dividend policies is CORRECT? a. Modigliani and Miller argue that investors prefer dividends to capital gains because dividends are more certain than capital gains. They call this the ―bird-in-the hand‖ effect. b. One reason that companies tend to avoid stock repurchases is that dividend payments are taxed at a lower rate than gains on stock repurchases. c. One advantage of dividend reinvestment plans is that they allow shareholders to avoid paying taxes on the dividends that they
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Inc. 2008 http://www.eurojournals.com/finance.htm Determinants of Dividend Payout Ratios-A Study of Indian Information Technology Sector Kanwal Anil Jaypee Business School‚ Noida‚ India Sujata Kapoor Institute of Management Studies‚ Ghaziabad‚ India Abstract Profitability has always been considered as a primary indicator of dividend payout ratio. There are numerous other factors other than profitability also that affect dividend decisions of an organization namely cash flows‚ corporate tax‚ sales
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Equity Valuation Lecture Map Definitions of Value Book value‚ Liquidation value‚ Intrinsic value‚ Market value Dividend discount models Constant-growth Multi-stage growth Value Metrics and Determinants of Value Current earnings and growth P/E Lesmond 1 Book Value of Equity The firm’s equity value‚ or stock value‚ is stated right on the firm’s books This is NOT the market value of equity Book value per share of Equity is the value of common equity on the books‚ divided
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The Dividend per share for 2013 and 2016 are given on Value Line. The dividend growth for the years in between is calculated as follows: |Dividend ‘13 |.14 | |Dividend ‘14 |.15 | |Dividend ‘15 |.17 | |Dividend ‘16 |.18 | .18 - .14 = .04; .04/3 = .0133 In order to calculate Value using the 2 stage Dividend Discount Model we must calculate the market capitalization rate
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