Financial management * Finance:- Finance may be defined as that administrative area which is concerned with arrangement of cash and credit effectively. * Business finance:- Business finance is the process of determining the required amount of fund, finding available sources of fund, calculating the nominal and effective cost of each sources of fund, conservating the collected funds properly and allocate the optimally in order to achieve the goal of an organization or a business firm.
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has stability of earnings may formulate a more consistent dividend policy than those having an uneven flow of incomes. This is because they can predict easily on their savings and earnings. Therefore, investors always prefer to invest in those companies. Usually, enterprises dealing in necessities suffer less from oscillating earnings than those dealing in luxuries or fancy goods. 2. Expectations of shareholder Although the rate of dividend is decided by the directors, the expectations of the shareholders
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Project Evaluation Corporate Finance 2013-2014 The 14 essays convey many interesting ideas. I am very impressed by some analysis which gives very technical and detailed description. These works have shown that you have great potential to go further, either to a comprehensive report for practical consultancy or to deepen the knowledge for academic research. However, there are some problems that I must mention for your future work. • Lack of theoretical foundations: Some reports just filled the paper
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firm enjoyed high earnings and stable dividend growth. Jennifer Campbell, CEO of Eastboro Machine Tools Corporation, faced the important question of whether to use the company’s funds to pay dividends or use the funds to repurchase shares? We would recommend the company to pursue a zero-dividend payout policy since the company is a growth firm. The only method of generating funds Eastboro’s management would be willing to undertake under their current policy is issuance of stock. This has negative
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decide whether to pay out dividends to the firm’sshareholders, or repurchase stock. If Campbell chooses to pay out dividends, she must alsodecide on the amount of the payout and how it would affect the company going forward. Anadditional question is whether the firm should embark on a campaign of corporate-imageadvertising and change its corporate name to reflect its new outlook of being a moretechnological company.When considering whether or not it is necessary to pay dividend to shareholders, EastboroMachine
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Question 1: Describe Linear Technologies payout policy. What have they done historically? How does this compare to the dividend policy of other firms in the industry? Payout Policy: * 2 Methods: Dividend Payout and Stock Repurchase * First announced in 1992, due to positive expectations, had a top position in the industry and positive cash flows since the IPO * Signal a strong position ina risky market and the transition to a more mature state of the company * The payout ratio
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Masulis, R, & Trueman, B 1988, 'Corporate Investment and Dividend Decisions under Differential Personal Taxation', Journal Of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, 23, 4, pp. 369-385, Business Source Complete, EBSCOhost, viewed 14 May 2013. [online], Available at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=5723686&site=ehost-live Farrar, D, & Selwyn, L 1967, 'Taxes, Corporate Financial Policy And Return To Investors', National Tax Journal, 20, 4, pp. 444-454
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“IMPACT OF DIVIDEND ON STOCK PRICES” ABSTRACT The project aims to establish the impact of dividend on market price of a share. This has been done for individual companies in Steel sector. After studying the basic concepts of dividends and dividend policy I am able to get a proper perspective of the requirements of the project and also gain a better understanding of the results obtained. I have looked to find the relation between pre dividend price change and the dividend using
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Linear Technology - Dividend Policy Dividend Policy at Linear Technology Firms pay dividends for a multitude of reasons, such as the ability to make use of excess cash that stockpiles when a firm lacks enough viable investment opportunities with positive NPVs. Paying dividends can also send strong signals to investors of positive future earnings while rewarding them with immediate cash returns. From the market’s perspective, merely sending statements that a company is financially healthy doesn’t
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Chapter 17 Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and Repurchases ANSWERS TO BEGINNING-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 17-1 Investors who prefer a high payout policy would generally (a) need current cash income and (b) be in a low income tax bracket. Those who prefer a low payout would not need cash currently and would be in a high tax bracket. Universities and other tax-exempt institutions, and many retirees, are examples of those who prefer cash dividends, while people in their peak earning years
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