Scrip dividend: related pages

A dividend reinvestment plan allows shareholders to cheaply re-invest dividends in buying more shares.

The theory that divided payments are irrelevant when valuing a company.

How many times over an year's dividend could have been paid out of the year's profits.

A company's usual practice when deciding how big a dividend payment to make.

Total dividends paid per share over the course of a year ÷ share price.

A label attached to a dividend to make it clear that it is a one-off and does not signal a change in dividend policy.