Dividend Policy
A dividend is a part of the profit paid to the shareholder in an organization. The management of the organization has the right to decide the policy for giving a dividend from the earnings to the shareholder. However, an organization is not in the obligation to declare a dividend for the investor. Dividend policy differs from organization to organization. As the management has the only authority to decide dividend rate, dividend amount, and time of dividend payout by considering all other elements that create an impact on the payment of a dividend.
Stocks And Dividends
Stock or equities are generally sold and bought in the Stock Exchange or which is popularly known as the stock market. Stocks are issued in the Stock Exchange for the sole purpose of raising funds for the Corporation or the company itself. Now since an individual has purchased a portion of the Corporation or company, he or she may claim to be a part of the earnings or profit of the company.
![Given the following information about a possible average-risk, new product investment,
calculate the investment's net present value.
Initial Cost
Expected Life
Salvage Value
Annual Depreciation
Incremental Annual Sales
Incremental Annual Production
Costs
$200,000
10yrs
0
$20,000
$200,000
$110,000
Incremental Annual Selling &
Admin Costs
Tax Rate
Expected Inventory Turnover
(calculated as production costs / 4 times
ending inventory)
Average Collection Period
Cost of Equity
Cost of Debt
Target Debt to Equity Ratio
$20,000
50%
45 days
13%
8.5%
130%
Hint: Assume the company is on a 360-day year. Net Operating Working Capital investment
is only necessary at the onset of the project (year O), it is recalled in period 10. Please ignore
the Accounts Payables and Accruals in the calculation of NOWC](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fc1b39a61-dfa6-4af9-9596-d8bee4629689%2Ff2d0ffeb-1746-4975-b402-beefa275639d%2Fer4zd_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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