Introduction To Managerial Accounting
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781259917066
Author: BREWER, Peter C., Garrison, Ray H., Noreen, Eric W.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 14, Problem 4Q
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Dividend Payout ratio is the ratio between Total Dividends and the Net Income of a company. It helps us to assess the proportion of Net income that is distributed amongst shareholders as dividend.
Whether a company in a rapidly growing technological industry will have a high or low dividend payout ratio
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