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CorporateFinanceDividendPolicy
JavierEstradaSpring,2014
1.Introduction• Limitationsoftheanalysis
2.ConEd&Telefónica• Circumstancesanddecisions
3.OtherImportantIssues• Clienteles• Growthopportunities• Signals• Smoothing• Taxes• Sharerepurchases
JavierEstrada
IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
IntroductionDividendpolicyisnota‘number‐crunching’topic Thisimpliesthatsolutions/decisionsaremuchmoreopentointerpretationthaninpreviouscases
Dividendpolicyistheissueweknowtheleast inCorporateFinance Anoptimalpolicymaybedifficulttodetermine
• Therearegoodreasonstopay/avoiddividends• Someinvestorswant/avoiddividends
Ideally,whatistheoptimaldividendpolicy?• DPRsuchthatthesharepriceismaximizedDPRforwhichinvestorsarewillingtopaythemost
• ButthereisnomodeltodeterminesuchDPR
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JavierEstrada
IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
IntroductionWhatwedoknow Basictrade‐off
• Reinvestingv.Payingout Empiricalregularities
• Dividendsmoothing• Relationshipbetweendividendyieldandincome
Relevantvariablestoconsider• Environment(Macro/Industry/Company)• Clienteles(Whatdoshareholderswant/expect?)• Growthopportunities(Thecriticaltrade‐off)• Signals(Theimplicitmessageconveyed)• Dividendhistory(Smoothing)• Taxes
JavierEstrada
IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
OtherRelevantIssuesClienteles Companiescanusetheirdividendpolicyto…
• please theirclientele• target aclientele(Telefónica)
Critical(cash)trade‐off Reinvesting(andgrowing) Payingout Go
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
OtherRelevantIssuesSignalsWhatinformationdoesmanagementconveywithitsdividendpolicy?• ConEd Thecompanyisindeeptrouble(Thestockpricetanked)
• Telefónica Thecompanyhasgreatgrowthopportunities(Thestockpricesoared)
• Moregenerally Go
JavierEstrada
IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
OtherRelevantIssuesSmoothing Dividendsaresticky(lessvolatilethanearnings) Go
Model(Lintner)• DPSt =α⋅(TDPR)(EPSt)+(1–α)⋅DPSt‐1 TDPR:Targetdividendpayoutratio α:Adjustmentrate
• Notethat… ifα=0⇒ DPSt =DPSt‐1(Dividendsareconstant) ifα=1⇒ DPSt =(TDPR)(EPSt‐1)(DividendsarejustasvolatileasEPS)
• Empirically,LintnerfoundTDPR=50%andα=0.3DPSt =(0.15)⋅EPSt +(0.7)⋅DPStHencesmoothingissubstantial
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JavierEstrada
IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
OtherRelevantIssuesTaxes Dividendsareusuallytaxedatthepersonaltaxrate
• Forwealthyindividualsthepersonaltaxratetypicallyismuchhigherthanthecapitalgainstaxrate Go
Dividendsversussharerepurchases Asdiscussed,dividendstendtobesmoothed Buybacksarefarmorevolatile/unpredictable Go
JavierEstrada
IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Appendix
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JavierEstrada
IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
CriticalTrade‐Off
JavierEstrada
IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
CriticalTrade‐Off
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Signals
JavierEstrada
IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Signals
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Signals
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Signals
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Signals
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Signals
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Signals
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Smoothing
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Taxes
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
Taxes
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BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
ShareRepurchases
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
ShareRepurchases
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
ShareRepurchases
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IESEBusinessSchool
BarcelonaSpain
MBACorpFinSpring,2014
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