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Dividends
Bowles Sporting Inc. is prepared to report the following 2012 income statement (shown in thousands of dollars).
Prior to reporting this income statement, the company wants to determine its annual dividend. The company has 300,000 shares of stock outstanding, and its stock trades at $46 per share.
a. The company had a 30% dividend payout ratio in 2011. If Bowles wants to maintain this payout ratio in 2012, what will be its per-share dividend in 2012? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$_____________
b. If the company maintains this 30% payout ratio, what will be the current dividend yield on the company's stock? Round your answer to two decimal places.
____________%
c. The company reported net income of $1.1 million in 2011. Assume that the number of shares outstanding has remained constant. What was the company's per-share dividend in 2011? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$___________
d. As an alternative to maintaining the same dividend payout ratio, Bowles is considering maintaining the same per-share dividend in 2012 that it paid in 2011. If it chooses this policy, what will be the company's dividend payout ratio in 2012? Round your answer to two decimal places.
____________%
e. Assume that the company is interested in dramatically expanding its operations and that this expansion will require significant amounts of capital. The company would like to avoid transactions costs involved in issuing new equity. Given this scenario, would it make more sense for the company to maintain a constant dividend payout ratio or to maintain the same per-share dividend?
I. Since the company would like to avoid transactions costs involved in issuing new equity, it would be best for the firm to maintain a constant dividend payout ratio.
II. Since the company would like to avoid transactions costs involved in issuing new equity, it would be best for the firm to maintain the same per-share dividend.
I or II
Sales $11,300 Operating costs including depreciation 8,927 EBIT $2,373 Interest 363 EBT $2,010 Taxes (40%) 804 Net income $1,206Explanation / Answer
a) dividend payout ratio =30%(same in 2011 and 2012), Net income in 2012=1,206,000
total dividend in 2012=dividend payout ratio in 2012*Net income in 2012=30%*1,206,000=361800
Total shares outstanding=300,000
Thus per-share dividend in 2012 is =total dividend in 2012/Total shares outstanding=361800/300,000 =$1.21
b)current Price of stock=$46
current dividend yield on the company's stock=current per-share dividend/current Price of stock=1.21/46 =0.0263 or 2.63%
c)
total dividend in 2011=dividend payout ratio in 2011*Net income in 2011=30%*1,100,000=330000
Total shares outstanding=300,000
Thus per-share dividend in 2011 is =total dividend in 2011/Total shares outstanding=330000/300,000 =$1.1
d) Total dividend in 2011=330000 , want to maintain same dividend in 2012,shares o/s are constant
company's dividend payout ratio in 2012=Total dividend in 2011/Net income in 2012 = 330000/1,206,000=0.273 or 2.73%
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