Not exact matches
«CEO
pay keeps soaring, luxe stock option, pension and bonus packages remain the gold standard for CEOs, and despite public outrage, neither corporate boards nor
shareholders are stepping in to put a lid on things.»
Still, Buffett is uncomfortable with
keeping so much of Berkshire's cash parked on the sidelines, and acknowledges that the pressure is on to figure out whether to spend it — likely on a major acquisition — or
pay it back to
shareholders.
If it just
keeps paying out all of its earnings,
shareholders will get a return equal to the earnings yield (inverse of the PE) of 6 % plus inflation, or a decent total of around 8 %.
Keep in mind that a dividend payment is not mandatory; the a business decision by the company to
pay out a portion of it's profits to
shareholders.
The company is
paying out a third of its profit to
shareholders as dividends, and
keeping the other two - thirds of its profit for other purposes such as growing the business, making acquisitions, reducing debt levels, or repurchasing shares.
If these companies have capital to allocate, and can't reinvest it attractively in the business, make sensible acquisitions with it or
pay down debt, they have to either
keep it around as cash equivalents or return it to
shareholders.
far better to sit at fourth spot
keeping the Wenger fans happy and collecting huge profits that get
paid out in share dividends to the main
shareholders and (supposedly) everyone (who matters) is happy.
On a tangent Jon my son (he's 4) asked me why he should support Arsenal, I said «well because I do, you're granddad does and your great granddad did» I was going to say its because of the values and principles that our club has but then I stopped myself because I have no idea what they are anymore other than
paying a has been manager and over hyped players a fortune for non achievement while being owned by a majority
shareholder that has no interest in the club other than as a business and having a board that view the fans as the gift that
keeps on giving.
Companies that
pay dividends like to
keep paying them — it makes the
shareholders happy.
Money - losing companies are sometimes unable to
keep paying a longstanding dividend, and they sometimes spring the bad news on their
shareholders with little or no warning.
Their idea was that
shareholders can not be sure that a company will spend its capital wisely, so a dollar
paid in dividends is preferable to one
kept as retained earnings.
while i admire your affords to have dividends
paid by zamano the directors of irish companies treat
shareholders like serfs who should be
kept in the dark so you will be fobbed off.
As long as they
keep paying / raising their dividend I'll remain a happy fellow
shareholder.
If these companies have capital to allocate, and can't reinvest it attractively in the business, make sensible acquisitions with it or
pay down debt, they have to either
keep it around as cash equivalents or return it to
shareholders.
My figures might be approximate, but as I see it,
shareholders are
paying nearly $ 6 - 8 million dollars yearly in overhead to an exclusive small group of people who want to
keep it that way.
Because these institutions operate on a not - for - profit basis, the savings are passed on to the members in the form of low interest rate loans and high - interest rate savings accounts
keeping more money in the local community, rather than
paying high salaries for bank executives or dividends for
shareholders.
In separating the role of
shareholder and manager, managers ostensibly hold back
paying dividends and invest in the R&D necessary to
keep a firm viable.
With no
shareholders to
keep happy or to demand dividend
pay - outs, Domb says his firm has an optimistic outlook.