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Q: What is the term for a percent of the company's profit that is paid to the shareholders?
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How do public companies share their profit?

By dividends paid to the shareholders of the company.


The company profits paid out to shareholders are called?

Those distributed profits are called dividends, because the profit is divided among the various shareholders.


How are Dividends are paid out of profits?

Yes. companies pay out dividends to its share holders from the profit they make out of their business. The more the profit the company makes the greater would be the dividends paid out to the shareholders.


Define shareholders wealth?

A shareholder's wealth can be dependent on the stock price if they decide to sell it. It can also be earned in the form of dividends. Dividends are paid when a company makes a profit and decides to issue a dividend to shareholders instead of reinvesting the profit.


Is dividend pay on net profit or profit after tax?

Tax is the first priority of payment that's why dividend is paid on income after tax basis which is dividable to shareholders.


Differences between preference shareholder and ordinary shareholder?

Preference shareholders has the first right to get share in profit no matter firm has profit or loss and they has fixed percentage of profit but ordinary shareholders has the last right on profit for distribution after all other liabilities paid.


What is maximazation of shareholders wealth and profit?

The maximization of a shareholder's profit is at a point where the value of share is maximum and dividend on the share paid by the company is also very high but only few successful companies give such profit maximization to their shareholders and the listings of such companies can be found out on activetrader-links.com for investment purposes.


Difference between retained earnings and paid in capital?

Paid in capital is that amount which investor invest in company while retained earning is that portion of profit which is not distributed to shareholders of company.


If a company earned 820 million last year and paid out 20 percent of earnings in dividends by how much did the companys retained earnings increase?

Company's retained earnings increased by 80% of last year profit that is (820 million * 80%) 656 million.


You paid 32 pound for a jacket and sold it for 150 pound what percent profit have you made?

profit made is 150-32=118, so percent of profit made is (118/32)*(100)=368.72%


What is a proportion of a company profit paid to stockholders?

The proportion of profit paid to share holders is not fixed it depends on company policy as well as situation as well if company has feasible investing opportunities then it will opt for no dividend or if no opportunity then it may opt for even 100% dividend to shareholders.


What were wmc resources shareholders paid by bhp when bhp bought wmc resources?

The shareholders of WMC were offered and paid $7.85/ share.