GAINESBORO MACHINE TOOLS CORPORATION Overview In mid September 2005‚ Ashley Swenson‚ the chief financial officer of this large CAD/CAM equipment manufacturer must decide whether to pay out dividends to the firm¡¦s shareholders or repurchase stock. If Swenson chooses to pay out dividends‚ she must also decide on the magnitude of the payout. A subsidiary question is whether the firm should embark on a campaign of corporate-image advertising and change its corporate name to reflect its new outlook
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Introduction The optimal dividend policy of a firm depends on investor’s desire for capital gains as opposed to income‚ their willingness to forgo dividend now for future returns‚ and their perception of the risk associated with postponement of returns. However any normative approach to dividend policy intended to be operative under real world conditions should consider the firms investment opportunities‚ any preferences that investors have for dividends as opposed to capital gains and vice
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Xavier institute of social service‚Ranchi ANALYSIS OF DIVIDEND POLICY OF HERO MOTO CORP & TVS MOTOR . By Anand Shankar Prity sagar Geeta shree pingua Hero Motocorp Ltd.‚ formerly Hero Honda‚ is an Indian motorcycle and scooter manufacturer
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DIVIDEND POLICY DETERMINANTS: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCES OF STAKEHOLDER THEORY by Mark E. Holder‚ Frederick W. Langrehr‚ J. Lawrence Hexter There is considerable debate on how dividend policy affects firm value. Some researchers believe that dividends increase shareholder wealth (Gordon‚ 1959)‚ others believe that dividends are irrelevant (Miller and Scholes‚ 1978)‚ and still others believe that dividends decrease shareholder wealth (Litzenberger and Ramaswamy‚ 1979). Financial management
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of theories regarding the relevance of dividend policy-discuss these theories. In what situations might management decide to increase dividends? Dividend Irrelevance Theory Much like their work on the capital-structure irrelevance proposition‚ Modigliani and Miller also theorized that‚ with no taxes or bankruptcy costs‚ dividend policy is also irrelevant. This is known as the dividend-irrelevance theory‚ indicating that there is no effect from dividends on a company’s capital structure or stock
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THE SETTING OF DIVIDEND POLICY Dividend policy is likely to be set in the form of a goal rather than a rigid rule‚ even though a definite policy has the advantage of providing the investor‚ or potential investor‚ a clear basis for choice. Investors knowing the dividend policy of the alternative companies can choose the type of company that best fits their individual investment goals. This is desirable‚ because stockholders differ in the extent to which they prefer dividends rather than opportunities
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Paying out dividends belongs to the easiest way to communicate financial well-being and shareholder value‚ since they are sending out a powerful message about future prospects and performances. The willingness‚ and also the ability of companies to pay out steady dividends and maybe even to increase them‚ provides the shareholder with valuable information about the company ’s fundamentals. Wherever you are looking for information regarding dividends‚ you will find statements about their affection
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Dividend Policy Vinod Kothari Corporations earn profits – they do not distribute all of it. Part of profit is ploughed back or held back as retained earnings. Part of the profit gets distributed to the shareholders. The part that is distributed is the dividend. The ratio of the actual distribution or dividend‚ and the total distributable profits‚ is called dividend payout ratio. How much of its profits should a corporation distribute? There are several considerations that apply in answering this
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EXCHANGE OFFER6EVALUATION OF THE TRADE-OFF7REFERENCES10INTRODUCTIONA firm’s decisions about dividends are often mixed up with other financing and investment decisions. Some firms pay low dividends because management is optimistic about the firm’s future and wishes to retain earnings for expansion. Other firms might finance capital expenditures largely by borrowing. All the above are examples of dividend policies which can be defined more precisely as the trade-off between retaining earnings on the one
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WEB APPENDIX 15A An Example: The Residual Dividend Model In the chapter we discussed the problem with strict adherence to the dividend residual model. In practice‚ companies use the residual dividend model to develop an understanding of the determinants of an optimal dividend policy‚ but they typically use a computerized financial forecasting model when setting the target payout ratio. Most larger corporations forecast financial statements over some horizon (usually 5 to 10 years). Projected
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