Principles of Corporate Finance
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781260465099
Author: BREALEY, Richard
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 16, Problem 6PS
Company dividend policy Here are several “facts” about typical corporate dividend policies. Which are true and which false?
- a. Companies decide each year’s dividend by looking at their capital expenditure requirements and then distributing whatever cash is left over.
- b. Managers and investors seem more concerned with dividend changes than with dividend levels.
- c. Managers often increase dividends temporarily when earnings are unexpectedly high for a year or two.
- d. Companies undertaking substantial share repurchases usually finance them with an offsetting reduction in cash dividends.
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1) What is meant by the term 'dividend policy'?A) The desired pattern of dividends over time when a company determines the proportion of profits to be paid out to shareholders, usually done periodicallyB) The selection of specific groups of shareholders to receive dividends this yearC) The balance to be struck between paying interim dividends and final dividendsD) The determination of the dividend policies of industrial firms by government, designed to encourage earnings retention for investment
A company’s dividend policy refers to the manner in which a firm distributes its earnings to shareholders. Firms can pay out cash in one of two ways: a dividend or a share repurchase. Before 1983, stock repurchases were fairly rare, but today they are common. When a firm decides to pay a dividend, it usually follows the following process.
Several critical dates play a role in the dividend payment procedure. In the following table, identify the critical dividend dates. Check boxes that apply for each:
Declaration Date
Ex-Dividend Date
Payment Date
Holder-of-Record Date
Dividend checks are sent to shareholders.
Shares purchased on or after this date do not entitle investors to the stock’s dividend.
All shareholders as of this date will be mailed a dividend check.
The firm announces its intention to pay a dividend.
Which statement is true?
O A. Financial statements reflect economic costs.
O B. Year-over-year decreases in liabilities are sources of cash.
O C. A stock with a beta of 1.00 has the total risk of the market portfolio.
O D. Shareholders have the prior claim to the cash flows of a corporation.
O E. None of the above are true.
Chapter 16 Solutions
Principles of Corporate Finance
Ch. 16 - Dividend payments In 2017, Entergy paid a regular...Ch. 16 - Dividend payments Seashore Salt Co. has surplus...Ch. 16 - Repurchases Look again at Problem 2. Assume...Ch. 16 - Repurchases An article on stock repurchase in the...Ch. 16 - Company dividend policy Here are several facts...Ch. 16 - Prob. 7PSCh. 16 - Information content of dividends What is meant by...Ch. 16 - Information content of dividends Does the good...Ch. 16 - Information content of dividends Generous dividend...Ch. 16 - Prob. 11PS
Ch. 16 - Payout policy in perfect capital markets Go back...Ch. 16 - Payout policy in perfect capital markets Go back...Ch. 16 - Payout policy in perfect capital markets Respond...Ch. 16 - Prob. 15PSCh. 16 - Repurchases and the DCF model Hors dAge...Ch. 16 - Repurchases and the DCF model Surf Turf Hotels is...Ch. 16 - Repurchases and the DCF model House of Haddock has...Ch. 16 - Repurchases and the DCF model Little Oil has 1...Ch. 16 - Repurchases and EPS Many companies use stock...Ch. 16 - Dividends and value We stated in Section 16-3 that...Ch. 16 - Payout and valuation Look back one last time at...Ch. 16 - Dividend clienteles Mr. Milquetoast admires Warren...Ch. 16 - Prob. 24PSCh. 16 - Payout and taxes Which of the following U.S....Ch. 16 - Prob. 26PSCh. 16 - Prob. 27PSCh. 16 - Prob. 28PSCh. 16 - Dividend policy and the dividend discount model...Ch. 16 - Prob. 30PS
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