What is a Dividend?
Keith Mullin
35 years: Capital markets editorial
Investors buy shares in a company for two principal reasons: generating investment returns as shares rise in price, and receiving dividends. Keith briefly explains what dividends are, what considerations companies have when it comes to issuing dividends and how dividends impact share price.
Investors buy shares in a company for two principal reasons: generating investment returns as shares rise in price, and receiving dividends. Keith briefly explains what dividends are, what considerations companies have when it comes to issuing dividends and how dividends impact share price.
What is a Dividend?
6 mins 19 secs
This is essentially when a company rewards its shareholders by paying out cash every year. It is generally paid out of a company’s annual profits or retained earnings.
Key learning objectives:
Define Dividend and Scrip Dividend
Discuss the potential reasons to not pay out dividends
Identify when investors are eligible for dividends, and when they may invest in equity
How to calculate Dividend Yield
Keith Mullin
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