Determinants of dividend policy: Bursa Malaysia firm / Amir Syafiq Amran

This paper investigates the factors influencing the dividend policy of the Bursa Malaysia among 292 firms. The dividend policy framework involves influences from equity, sales, and leverage. In this report, four factors should be prioritized: liquidity, profitability, sales growth, and debt. The aim...

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Main Author: Amran, Amir Syafiq
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Published: 2021
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spelling my-uitm-ir.1063732024-12-15T03:04:47Z Determinants of dividend policy: Bursa Malaysia firm / Amir Syafiq Amran 2021 Amran, Amir Syafiq Dividends. Stock dividends. Dividend reinvestment Profits. Corporate profits This paper investigates the factors influencing the dividend policy of the Bursa Malaysia among 292 firms. The dividend policy framework involves influences from equity, sales, and leverage. In this report, four factors should be prioritized: liquidity, profitability, sales growth, and debt. The aim of this investigation was to examine the relationships between any aspect and the explanatory variable, namely the dividend payout ratio, in order to determine the dividend policy. Dividend policy is an important subject in corporate finance because of its significant impact on expenditure and funding decisions. Furthermore, individuals or investors would be more appreciative of this study because they would gain more information about which firm is more important to invest in. This study selected 292 companies from the Bursa Malaysia, including five years of annual report results, for a total assessment of 1460. According to the findings of this report, only business financial leverage and liquidity, plays a negative role in deciding dividend policy, while profitability and growth play a positive role in shaping the company's dividend policy. Limitation is always a part in any research paper. 2021 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/106373/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/106373/1/106373.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor Faculty of Business and Management Ya'acob, Fatin Farazh
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Ya'acob, Fatin Farazh
topic Dividends
Stock dividends
Dividend reinvestment
Dividends
Stock dividends
Dividend reinvestment
spellingShingle Dividends
Stock dividends
Dividend reinvestment
Dividends
Stock dividends
Dividend reinvestment
Amran, Amir Syafiq
Determinants of dividend policy: Bursa Malaysia firm / Amir Syafiq Amran
description This paper investigates the factors influencing the dividend policy of the Bursa Malaysia among 292 firms. The dividend policy framework involves influences from equity, sales, and leverage. In this report, four factors should be prioritized: liquidity, profitability, sales growth, and debt. The aim of this investigation was to examine the relationships between any aspect and the explanatory variable, namely the dividend payout ratio, in order to determine the dividend policy. Dividend policy is an important subject in corporate finance because of its significant impact on expenditure and funding decisions. Furthermore, individuals or investors would be more appreciative of this study because they would gain more information about which firm is more important to invest in. This study selected 292 companies from the Bursa Malaysia, including five years of annual report results, for a total assessment of 1460. According to the findings of this report, only business financial leverage and liquidity, plays a negative role in deciding dividend policy, while profitability and growth play a positive role in shaping the company's dividend policy. Limitation is always a part in any research paper.
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title Determinants of dividend policy: Bursa Malaysia firm / Amir Syafiq Amran
title_short Determinants of dividend policy: Bursa Malaysia firm / Amir Syafiq Amran
title_full Determinants of dividend policy: Bursa Malaysia firm / Amir Syafiq Amran
title_fullStr Determinants of dividend policy: Bursa Malaysia firm / Amir Syafiq Amran
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of dividend policy: Bursa Malaysia firm / Amir Syafiq Amran
title_sort determinants of dividend policy: bursa malaysia firm / amir syafiq amran
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor
granting_department Faculty of Business and Management
publishDate 2021
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/106373/1/106373.pdf
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