Shareholder Engagement

What Do Stockholders Like?

John Clendenin


Abstract
Examines the effect of dividend payout policy on stock price by comparing the price-earnings ratios of high-payout and low-payout stocks which are closely similar. Observations on preferences of individual stockholders; Approval of the rights to subscribe to new stock at prices below the market; Summary of a survey on stockholder preferences.

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