dividend rate
noun[C]
ukusFINANCE
adividendexpressedas apercentageof theshareprice:
These newshareswillpayanimproveddividendrateof 6.475%.
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Investors will have an option to redeem the new shares after seven and a half years; the shares have adividendrateof 7%.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This means that the interest and dividend rates are large compared to the asset's volatility, with the interest rate exceeding thedividendrate.
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This equality just says that technologies are adopted to the point where thedividendrateis equal to the rate at which profits are discounted.
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They are able to do that because of the financial strength of the undertaking and because of their acceptabledividendrate.
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The maximumdividendrateof 8 per cent. remained until 1985.
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Again, there is the case of the alteration of thedividendrateattached to any class of shares in the company.
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I am saying that in respect of companies as a whole thedividendratewas doubled.
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Wherever capital has been increased by new cash, it follows that thedividendrateis profit applied to the amount of capital so increased.
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Depending on thedividendrate, shares of £3,000 would produce a tax credit of about £20, although the tax credit would be below that if the shares were below £3,000.
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First and foremost comes thedividendrate, its probability of maintenance, the general strength of management, and so on.
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