Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
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Author: James M. Wahlen, Stephen P. Baginski, Mark Bradshaw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 1QE
Explain the theory behind the dividends-based valuation approach. Why are dividends value-relevant to common equity shareholders?
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Explain the theory behind the dividends-based valuation approach, and also discuss the value-relevant to common equity shareholders.
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Cash dividend:
The amount of cash provided by a company out of its distributable profits as a return for the amount invested by them is referred as cash dividend.
Straightforward is the theory behind the dividends-based valuation approach. As the dividends are cash flows directly to the equity shareholders, dividends are value-relevant to common equity shareholders.
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