DIVIDEND PRACTICES OF COMMERCIAL BANKS AND ITS IMPACT ON STOCK PRICE By MAHIM BHATTARAI Shanker Dev Campus T.U. Regd. No. : 7-1-48-1494-2000 Campus Roll No. : 1889/062 A Thesis Submitted to: Office of the Dean Faculty of Management Tribhuvan University In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Business Studies (M.B.S) Kathmandu‚ Nepal July‚ 2009 RECOMMENDATION This is to certify that the Thesis Submitted by: MAHIM BHATTARAI Entitled: DIVIDEND PRACTICES
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FPL An Overview FPL Group‚ Inc. is Florida’s largest electric utility company. In 1925‚ through the consolidation of numerous electric and gas companies‚ they formed Florida Power & Light Company (FP&L). FP&L grew steadily over the next 50 years until rising fuel costs‚ operating issues‚ and construction costs began to decrease profitability. In the mid-1980s‚ FPL diversified with four major acquisitions - Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company‚ Telesat Cablevision‚ Inc.‚ CBR Information Group
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Contents Introduction 2 Theories and Determinants of Dividend Policy (Section 1) 2 Tax and Clienteles Theory 2 Free cash flow and the Agency Theory 3 Growth and The Lifecycle theory 4 Firm size 5 Information Asymmetry and Signaling theory 5 Risk and the Bird in hand theory 7 Profitability 8 Conclusion 9 Analysis of Apple and Dell Dividend Policy (Section 2) 9 Apple Inc. 9 Dell Inc. 11 Conclusion 13 Reference 14 Introduction In a private firm‚ after a period of business activity the owner of the
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review article The article is called Dividend policy: A review of Theories and Empirical Evidence. In this article‚ the main theories on dividend policy are described and their credibility is evaluated. Connection between the reviewed paper and my research proposal According to my research proposal‚ the master thesis topic will be “Comparative analysis of companies’ dividend policy: international perspective”. Therefore‚ the literature review on dividend policy has a direct connection to my
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INTRODUCTION That report is a detailed review of dividend policy and whether or not could affect the market value of the company. When companies make profits‚ managers have to decide either to reinvest those profits for the good of company or either they could pay out the owners (shareholders) of the firm in dividends. Once they decide to pay dividends they may possibly establish a permanent dividend policy‚ which is the set of guidelines a company uses in order to decide how much of its profits
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27 (2003) 1297–1321 www.elsevier.com/locate/econbase Corporate governance‚ dividend payout policy‚ and the interrelation between dividends‚ R&D‚ and capital investment Klaus Gugler * Department of Economics‚ University of Vienna‚ WP No. 9803‚ Br€nnerstrasse 72‚ 1210 Vienna‚ Austria u Received 12 October 2000; accepted 5 November 2001 Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between dividends and the ownership and control structure of the firm. For a panel of Austrian firms
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IMPACT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON COMPANIES’ PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM PUBLIC LISTED COMPANIES IN MALAYSIA 1.0 INTRODUCTION Dividend policy is the regulations and guidelines that a company uses to decide to make dividend payments to shareholders. Dividends are payments made to stockholders from a firm’s earnings‚ whether those earnings were generated in the current period or in previous periods. When a company makes a profit‚ they must decide on what to do with those profits. They could continue to
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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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Evaluation Calculation Discursive 20% 80% Question 2 Dividend Valuation Model 45% 55% Question 3 Option strategies Straddles 80% 20% Question 4 Duration and convexity –Price – yield relationship 30% 70% Question 5 Option and Futures -mixed N/A 100% Question 6 CAPM 40% 60% Dividend Discount Models 1. The intrinsic value‚ denoted V0‚ of a share of stock is defined as the present value of all cash payments to the investor in the stock‚ including dividends as well as the proceeds from the ultimate sale
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Calculate Preferred Dividends Preferred stock (or preference shares) is a special class of stock that pays a fixed dividend set at the time of issuance. Also‚ preferred dividends must be paid before common stock dividends. To calculate the dividends for preferred stocks‚ you need to multiply the par value of the shares by the dividend percentage. Example 1: If the dividend percentage is 8 percent and the preferred stock was issued at $20 per share‚ then the annual dividend is: 8% * $20 = $1.60
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