Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DIVIDEND YIELD RATIO - allows investors to compare the latest dividend they received with the current m...
  
  
• DIVIDEND-EX DATE - The first date on which a person purchasing the stock is no longer eligible to recei...
  
  
• DIVIDEND-PAYOUT RATIO - Annual cash dividends divided by annual earnings; or alternatively, dividends p...
  
  
• DIVIDENDS - The portion of a company's earnings and profits that are paid to you as a stockholder in th...
  
  
• DIVIDENDS PAYABLE - The declared dividend dollar amount that a company is obligated to pay.
  
  
• DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - Dividend paid for the past 12 months divided by the number of common shares outst...
  
  
• DIVIDENDS PER SHARE (DPS) - ratio is very similar to the EPS: EPS shows what shareholders earned by way...
  
  
• DIVIDENDS-RECEIVED DEDUCTION - A corporate tax deduction on income allowed by company A that is in owne...
  
  
• DIVISION - Identifies the second highest level in the formal City organization in which a specific acti...
  
  
• DIVISOR - Used in construction of stock indices. Suppose there 10 stocks in an index, each worth $10 an...