Dividend payout ratio
Dividends Paid divided by company earnings over some period of time, expressed as a percentage. also called Payout ratio.
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Asset/equity ratio,
Average collection period,
Accrual of discount,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
Accrued dividend,
Accumulated dividend,
Accumulated earnings tax,
Accumulated earnings,
All-risks coverage,
At risk,
Abstract of title,
As is,
Attorney in fact,
Annual Percentage Rate,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
Average price per share,
At the money,
Age-weighted plan,
Average contribution percentage,
Additional paid-in capital,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Back pay,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Book value per share,
Bank holding company,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Brought over the wall,
Basic earnings per share,
Balance of payments,
Base period,
Board of Governors,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
Bailing out,
Back-end load,
B shares,
Blackout period,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Cash asset ratio,
Cash earnings,
Cash ratio,
Collection ratio,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Call,
Call date,
Called away,
Called bond,
Call price,
Call protection,
Call risk,
Certificate of Participation,
Conversion ratio,
Call money rate,
Closed out,
Code of procedure,
Cash dividend,
Cumulative dividend,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Cancellation of debt,
Cash-out refinancing,
Certificate of Claim,
Closed-end credit,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
Crowding out,
Cure period,
Controlled company,
Closed-end fund,
Closed-end investment company,
C shares,
Call option,
Call ratio backspread,
Call swaption,
Class of options,
Covered call,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Coefficient of determination,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Close out,
Curbs in,
Curbs out,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Distribution period,
Dividend clawback,
Dividend clientele,
Dividend discount model,
Dividend in arrears,
Dividend payout ratio,
Dividend rate,
Dividend Reinvestment Plan,
Dividend requirement,
Dividend rollover plan,
Division of labor,
De-escalation clause,
De facto,
Doing business as,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
Debtor in possession,
Debtor-in-possession financing,
Deed of Release,
Deed of Trust,
Discharge of bankruptcy,
Discharge of lien,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Dogs of the Dow,
Dow dividend theory,
Depth of market,
Earning asset,
Earnings report,
Efficiency ratio,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Ex-legal,
Earnings yield,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Ex-pit transaction,
Ex-all,
Exchange ratio,
Express agreement,
Exercise ratio,
Expiration time,
Ex-warrants,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Exclusion ratio,
Ex-rights,
Ex-rights date,
First In First Out,
Fixed-charge coverage ratio,
First call date,
Flow of funds,
Federal Call,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Fully diluted earnings per share,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Front-end load,
Form S-1,
Finance company,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free right of exchange,
Federal ID Number,
G-7,
G-8,
Grace period,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
House call,
House of issue,
Hedge ratio,
Holding company,
Holder in due course,
Hang out loan,
High-ratio mortgage,
Home equity line of credit,
Holding period,
Held at the opening,
In escrow,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
Indicated dividend,
In line,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
Investment company,
I/O strip,
Income replacement ratio,
In-service withdrawal,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Joint Stock Company,
Knock-out option,
Last In First Out,
Liquidity ratio,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Look-through earnings,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Limited company,
Letter of comment,
Lockup period,
Legal age,
Line of credit,
Loan-value ratio,
Lock-in,
Limited Liability Company,
Locked in,
Level I quotes,
Mutual company,
Maintenance call,
Make a market,
Margin call,
Medium of exchange,
Money at call,
Management company,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
Net capital ratio,
Normalized earnings,
Notice period,
Notice of Default,
Naked call,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Normal retirement age,
One time charge,
Overhead ratio,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
Omitted dividend,
Optional dividend,
Offshore company,
Opinion of title,
Open-end credit,
Open-end mortgage,
Open-end fund,
Open-end management company,
Out of the money,
Open-end lease,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio,
Pooling of interests,
Pre-depreciation profit,
Pre-tax profit margin,
Payment-in-kind security,
Premium over bond value,
Premium over conversion value,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Provisional call feature,
Participating dividend,
Payout ratio,
P&L,
Primary earnings per share,
Peace dividend,
Pre-existing conditions,
Public company,
Per stirpes,
Pour-over will,
Power of Attorney,
Paid,
Paid up,
Prioritization of debt,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Payback period,
Percent held by institutions,
Pre-syndicate bid,
Private company,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Put ratio backspread,
Patronage dividend,
Profit ratio,
Priced out,
Put/call ratio,
Quiet period,
Return of capital,
Reserve ratio,
Real-time trade reporting,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Recast earnings,
Regulated investment company,
Retained earnings,
Reduced paid-up insurance,
Ratio,
Registered Company,
Regulation A,
Reverse Take-Over,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Roll over,
Rule of 78,
Ratio calendar combination,
Ratio calendar spread,
Ratio spread,
Ratio write,
Redemption period,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Ratio analysis,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Real-time,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
Segregation of securities,
Special dividend,
Stock dividend,
Standard of living,
Stock life insurance company,
Short interest ratio,
Statute of Limitations,
Satisfaction of debt,
Staggered board of directors,
S Corporation,
Subchapter M,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Schedule C,
Securities Act of 1933,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Seek a market,
S&P phenomenon,
Stopped out,
Time deposit,
Time draft,
T-Bill,
Take a position,
Time order,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Trust company,
Time note,
Truth in Lending,
Time spread,
Tenancy at will,
Time-sharing,
Title company,
Time stop,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Top out,
Take a bath,
U.S. Government Agency Security,
U.S. Savings Bond,
U.S. Treasury,
U.S. Treasury Bill,
U.S. Treasury Bond,
U.S. Treasury Note,
U.S. Treasury Securities,
Unpaid dividend,
Uncovered call,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Variable ratio write,
Vesting period,
Variable ratio plan,
Waiver of premium,
When, as, and if issued,
X or XD,
Year-over-year,
Yield to call,
Y shares