Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability

Lan, Wei Hua. (2012) Are dividend changes signal to changes in firm's future profitability. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The general objective of this paper is to examine whether changes in dividends are informative about a firm’s future earnings. This study uses the sample data of Malaysian public listed firms that have payout dividend from the period of year 2001 to 2009. The information content of dividend hypothesis is being investigated using linear models. The finding results show that dividend changes are only provides little information to the firms’ future profitability in Malaysia market.

Item Type: Final Year Project Report
Additional Information: Project Report (B.Sc.) -- Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2012.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Dividend reinvestment, Dividends, Mathematical models, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, undergraduate, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business
Depositing User: Gani
Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2019 07:46
Last Modified: 07 Mar 2024 03:02
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23871

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