CORP FIN--CONNECT ONLY+PROCTORIO+180 DAY

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ISBN: 9781266118562

Author: Ross

Publisher: MCG

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Chapter 19, Problem 7CQ

Dividends and Stock Price Last month, Central Virginia Power Company, which had been having trouble with cost overruns on a nuclear power plant that it had been building, announced that it was “temporarily suspending dividend payments due to the cash low crunch associated with its investment program.” The company’s stock price dropped from 528.50 to $25 when this announcement was made. How would you interpret this change in the stock price? (That is, what would you say caused it?

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CORP FIN--CONNECT ONLY+PROCTORIO+180 DAY

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Solution Summary: The author explains that dividends allude to the portion of proceeds of an organization which is circulated among its investors. The price of stock has fallen in light of a projected drop in future dividend instalments.

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