Principles of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9781259144387
Author: Richard A Brealey, Stewart C Myers, Franklin Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 3PS
Dividend payments Seashore Salt Co. has surplus cash. Its CFO decides to pay back $4 per share to investors by initiating a regular dividend of $1 per quarter or $4 per year. The stock price jumps to $90 when the payout is announced.
- a. Why does the stock price increase?
- b. What happens to the stock price when the stock goes ex dividend?
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elizabeth eaarns $9.50 a share, sells for $90, and pays a $6 per sharedeviden. the stock is split two for one and a $3 pers share cash dividend is diclared.
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Principles of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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