The essence of the bird-in-the-hand theory of dividend policy (advanced by John Litner in 1962 and Myron Gordon in 1963) is that shareholders are risk-averse and prefer to receive dividend payments rather than future capital gains. Shareholders consider dividend payments to be more certain that future capital gains – thus a “bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush”. Gorden contended that the payment of current dividends “resolves investor uncertainty”. Investors have
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the dividend is called the ________ date. A) declaration B) record C) ex-dividend D) distribution Answer: A 4) The firm will pay the dividend to all shareholders of record on a specific date‚ set by the board‚ called the ________ date. A) declaration B) record C) ex-dividend D) distribution Answer: B 5) The date two business days prior to the date on which all shareholders of record receive a payment is called the ________ date. A) declaration B) record C) ex-dividend D)
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value of $240‚000; and land with an appraised value of $320‚000. Purchased 750 shares of common stock at $26 per share. (Use cost method.) Sold the 750 treasury shares at $27 per share. Declared a $0.10 per share cash dividend on the common stock and declared the preferred dividend. Closed the Income Summary account. There was a $96‚900 net income. Instructions (a) Record the journal entries for the transactions listed above. (b) Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of Alligator Corporation’s
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Part A 1. The dividend policy Ordinary dividends are defined as cash from the company ’s profit distribution to shareholders (Garvey‚ G. T. and Swan‚ P. L. 1994). In other words‚ the dividend is the share of company profits for investors‚ to give for the investors a share of capital. Companies are able to distribute free cash flow by paying a dividend and trusts are able to distribute free cash flow by paying a distribution. Dividend policy refers to the decision by companies to pay out
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aAnna Lukasik Acc 422-8909 Q 8-31 1. Not required during this stage – 2. Substantive testing 2. Should focus on enhancing the auditor’s understanding of the auditors understanding of the client’s business and the transactions and events that have occurred since the last audit date. – 1 Planning 3. Should focus on identifying areas that may represent specific risks relevant to the audit. – 1. Planning 4. Do not result in detection of misstatements. – 4 Statement is not correct
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hold. ii. Types of shares a) Ordinary shares: right to vote at general meeting no automatic entitlements to dividends participate in surplus assets on winding-up if after paying everyone‚ ordinary shareH share the assets in same proportion as % of shared owned. b) Preference shares: Restricted voting rights Cumulative entitlement to dividends Priority of payment of dividends‚ once creditors paid off Priority of repayment of capital on winding up No share of surplus assets on winding-up
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fails to pay a dividend in any year‚ it must make it up in a later year before paying any common dividends. 12.Callable preferred stock permits the corporation at its option to redeem the outstanding preferred shares at stipulated prices. 13.The laws of some states require that corporations restrict their legal capital from distribution to stockholders. 14.The SEC requires companies to disclose their dividend policy in their annual report. 15.All dividends‚ except for liquidating
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF VIRTUAL ZONE‚ INC. The undersigned‚ being the Executive Vice President‚ Law and Administration‚ and General Counsel and the Secretary of NEW PLAYBOY‚ INC. (the "Corporation")‚ a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware‚ do hereby certify as follows:
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considered a permanent investment. Stockholders are people who invest in stocks and their ownership in the corporation is evidenced by a stock certificate. Stocks may be obtained thru: * Subscription * Purchase * Issuance of stock dividends Almost all of the initial capital of the corporation including a large segment of the future capital comes from the sale of stock. Stock Financing * Refers to the procurement of corporate funds through the sale of shares of stocks to prospective
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* 7.4/100 = $74 PV factor = (1/i)*(1- 1/(1+i)^n) = 6.4176 So‚ PV = $74*6.4176 = 474.90| So the fair value of bond = 474.90+422.41 = $897.31 A10. (Dividend discount model) Assume RHM is expected to pay a total cash dividend of $5.60 next year and its dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 6% per year forever. Assuming annual dividend payments‚ what is the current market value of a share of RHM stock if the required return on RHM common stock is 10%? Current market value = D1/(Required
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