Special dividend: related pages

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

Dividends over an year for each share held; total dividend ÷number of shares in issue.

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.

Large payments to shareholders that change the companies’ financial structure. They may be made in several different ways.

The purchase by a company of its own shares in the market.

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