EBK PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE
EBK PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259358487
Author: BREALEY
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY
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Chapter 16, Problem 27PS

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To discuss: The statement that “Unlike country A firms, which are often being pressured by their shareholders to rise the dividends, country J companies pay out a much smaller proportion of earnings and so enjoy a lower cost of capital”.

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To discuss: The statement that “unlike new capital, which needs a stream of new dividends to service it, retained earnings have zero cost.”

c)

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To discuss: The statement that “if a company repurchases stock instead of paying dividend, the number of shares falls and earnings per share increase. Thus stock repurchase should often be preferred to paying dividends”.

The share repurchase is the strategy by which companies will take back or buy back its own shares from the market place. If the management considered the shares are undervalued the company may buy back its shares.

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