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Why do firms pay dividends?

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mahaazar | 2 years, 7 months ago
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Firms pay dividends because it will attract more investors who looking for stable income from shares. Paying dividends will also increase investors' confidence about the company's financial well-being.

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edwardclint | 2 years, 7 months ago
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"Dividends are payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, that money can be put to two uses: it can either be re-invested in the business (called retained earnings), or it can be paid to the shareholders as a dividend. Many corporations retain a portion of their earnings and pay the remainder as a dividend."

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katje30 | 2 years, 7 months ago
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Companies pay out dividends to return earnings to shareholders. Shareholders buy stock in the company because they believe that the company will do well in the future. Dividends is a way to pass on the profit to these small owners of the company.

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cherise | 2 years, 7 months ago
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Firms pay dividends to encourage investors to buy their stock. Firms sell stock in order to raise the money they need to start their business, or keep their business going.

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drivel | 2 years, 7 months ago
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Companies pay dividends because they have more cash than what they need to operate the company and they can not productively use this cash to expand the business.

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aaronthomas56 | 2 years, 7 months ago
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If a firm's investment policies (and hence cash flows) don't change, the
value of the firm cannot change with dividend policy. If we ignore
personal taxes, investors have to be indifferent to receiving either
dividends or capital gains.

Underlying Assumptions
• (a) There are no tax differences between dividends and capital gains.
• (b) If companies pay too much in cash, they can issue new stock, with no
flotation costs or signaling consequences, to replace this cash.
• (c) If companies pay too little in dividends, they do not use the excess
cash for bad projects or acquisitions.

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