Dividend Policy. The Effect on the Market Value of Financial Institutions in Nigeria

Download or read book Dividend Policy. The Effect on the Market Value of Financial Institutions in Nigeria written by Joan Onyinyechi Njoku and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 75.0, University of Nigeria (faculty of business administration), course: accountancy, language: English, abstract: The study examined the effect of dividend policy on the market value of 24 listed insurance companies using empirical evidence from Nigeria. Objectives of the study is to examine the effect of dividend per share (Dps), dividend pay-out ratio (Dpor), and dividend yield (Dy) on market value per share (Mvps), Net asset per share (Naps) and firm age. Hypotheses of the study were stated in line with the objectives. Data were obtained from financial statements of 10 Insurance firms listed in the floor of the Nigerian stock exchange. The panel data covering a period of eight years from 2011 to 2018 were used. The regression model took the form of the Fixed Effects Model, Random Effects Model, and the Pooled Ordinary Least Square (POLS) model in order to establish the most appropriate regression with the highest explanatory power that is better suited to the data set employed in the study.