dividend payout ratio
noun[C]
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thepercentageof a company'sprofitthat ispaidasdividendtoshareholdersin aparticularperiod:
She toldshareholdersthat thecompanyplannedtoincreaseitsdividendpayoutratioto 40% ofearnings.
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dividend payout ratio
It is the opposite of thedividendpayoutratio, so that also called the retention rate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When thedividendpayoutratiois the same, the dividend growth rate is equal to the earnings growth rate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A good part of the decline in dividends comes from a decrease in thedividendpayoutratio, an increase in retained earnings, and share repurchases.
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