Generally, the proportion of earnings paid out to the common stockholders as cash dividends More specifically, the firm's cash dividend divided by the firm's earnings in the same reporting period
The percentage of a company's earnings paid to shareholders as dividends It is calculated by dividing the quarterly dividend by the quarterly earnings-per-share and multiplying by 100 Typically, growth companies retain earnings to spur further growth, while old-line companies, banks and utilities tend to have higher payout ratios See Payout ratio BACK TO TOP
a measure of the proportion of profit that is distributed through dividends to ordinary shareholders Calculated by dividing the dividends by the net profit after tax, minority interests and preference dividends (but before extraordinary items)
The fraction of a firm's earnings which it pays as a dividend to shareholders (5 the retention ratio)
The percentage of a corporation's earnings that are paid to shareholders as dividends For example, a corporation that pays a $ 12 dividend out of every $1 00 of earnings has a payout ratio of 12%
Generally, the proportion of earnings paid out to the common stockholders as cash dividends Morespecifically, the firm's cash dividend divided by the firm's earnings in the same reporting period
(Economics) ratio between the net profit of a company and the dividend distributed to shareholders (reflects the dividend policies and maturity of a company)
Percentage of a company's profits that shareholders receive as dividends This ratio is calculated by dividing the annual dividend payment by the annual earnings per share
indicates the percentage of earnings paid out in dividends It is calculated by dividing the annual dividend by the earnings For Insurance companies, earnings after gains/losses on security transactions are used
The percentage of earnings paid out in dividends, calculated by dividing dividends per share by earnings per share The payout ratio provides an idea of how well earnings support the dividend payments - the lower the ratio, the more secure the dividend
The percent of earnings-per-share (EPS) that was paid out as a dividend It is calculated by dividing the quarterly dividend by the quarterly EPS and multiplying by 100