Subject: Business Studies, asked on 31/7/17

Subject: Business Studies, asked on 31/7/17

Subject: Business Studies, asked on 31/7/17

Subject: Business Studies, asked on 29/7/17

Q. You are the finance manager of a company. The board of directors have asked you to decide the dividend policy. What factors would you keep in mind to perform this function?
Ans. 
  1. Earning - Dividend are paid out of current and previous year's earnings. If there are more earnings then company declares high rate of dividend.
  2. Stability of earnings - Companies having stable or smooth earnings prefer to give high rate of dividend whereas companies with unstable earnings prefer to give low rate of earnings.
  3. Cash flow position - Paying dividend means outflow of cash. Companies declare high rate of dividend only when they have surplus cash. In situation of shortage of cash companies declare no or very low dividend.
  4. Growth opportunities - If a company has number of investment plans then it should reinvest the earnings of the company. As to invest in investment projects, company has two options : one, to raise additional capital of invest its retained earnings. The retained earnings are cheaper source as they do not involve floatation cost on any legal formalities.
  5. Stability of dividend - Some companies follow a stable dividend policy as it has better impact on shareholder and improves the reputation of company in the share market.
  6. Preference of shareholders - Another important factor affecting dividend policy is expectation and preference of shareholders as their expectations cannot be ignored by the company. Generally, it is observed that retired shareholders expect regular and stable amount of dividend whereas young shareholders prefer capital gain by reinvesting the income of the company.

Subject: Business Studies, asked on 24/7/17

Subject: Business Studies, asked on 24/7/17

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