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Relationship between Dividend Policy and Share Price

Archives of Business Research

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Title Relationship between Dividend Policy and Share Price
 
Creator NTUI, Ponsian Prot; ST. AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA
Yuda, Thadeo Yuda; ST. AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA
Prosper, Kawiche Prosper; ST. AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA
Samwel, Godfrey Samwel; ST. AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA
 
Description The study aims to examine the relationship between dividend policy and share price in Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE). The investigation is based on the listed companies for the period of five years from 17 companies on DSE where the data is extracted from the company’s annual reports in order to determine the relationship between dividend policy and share price. This is measured by dividend policy operationalized by four variables including D. yield, dividend payout ratio, E.vol and P/E ratio. The study is quantitative in nature where the SPSS is applied as tool of analysis by using descriptive, regression and correlation method for measure relationship. The results show that the best dividend policy is P/E ratio as indicated by the lowest P value and relationship between dividend policy and share price is that  P/E ratio have positive relationship while other variables namely dividend yield, dividend payout ratio, earnings per share and price earnings ratio are negatively related.
 
Publisher Archives of Business Research
 
Contributor Godfrey Samwel
 
Date 2015-06-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ABR/article/view/1118
10.14738/abr.33.1118
 
Source Archives of Business Research; Vol 3, No 3 (2015): Archives of Business Research
2054-7404
10.14738/abr.33.2015
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ABR/article/view/1118/799
 
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