The Impact Of Ownership Structure On Dividend Policy: Evidence From Listed Companies In Sri Lanka

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.M.K.N.S. Kulathunga ◽  
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A.A. Azeez ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals A Study on Ownership Structure and Financial Performance of Listed Beverage Food and Tobacco Companies in Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Saseela Balagobei ◽  
Thirunavukkarasu Velnampy
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
The Impact

The relevant literature suggests that ownership structure is one of the main corporate governance mechanisms influencing the scope of financial performance. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between ownership structure and financial performance of listed beverage food and tobacco companies for the period of 2010-2015. This study also examines the impact of ownership structure on financial performance. The sample consists of 10 listed beverage food and tobacco companies in Sri Lanka. In this study, data was collected from secondary sources and hypotheses are examined by using Pearson’s correlation and regression analysis. The results reveal that ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure are positively correlated with financial performance of listed beverage food and tobacco companies while institutional ownership structure isn’t significantly correlated with financial performance. It is also found that there is a significant impact of foreign ownership structure on financial performance. Higher the foreign ownership structure in listed beverage food and tobacco companies, the higher the financial performance which is preferable for the shareholders and it improves the wealth of companies.

The impact of board composition and ownership structure on dividend payout policy: evidence from Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmi A. Boshnak
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Payout Policy ◽  
Board Composition ◽  
Dividend Payout ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Propensity To Pay ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study examines the impact of board composition and ownership structure variables on dividend payout policy in Saudi Arabian firms. In particular, it aims to determine the effect of board size, independence and meeting frequency, in addition to chief executive officer (CEO) duality, and state, institutional, managerial, family, and foreign ownership on both the propensity to pay dividends and dividend per share for Saudi-listed firms over the period 2016–2019.Design/methodology/approachThe paper captures dividend policy with two measures, propensity to pay dividends and dividend per share, and employs a range of regression methods (logistic, probit, ordinary least squares (OLS) and random effects regressions) along with a two-stage least squares (2SLS) model for robustness to account for heteroscedasticity, serial correlation and endogeneity issues. The data set is a large panel of 280 Saudi-listed firms over the period 2016 to 2019.FindingsThe results underline the importance of board composition and the ownership structure in explaining variations in dividend policy across Saudi firms. More specifically, there is a positive relationship between the propensity to pay dividends and board-meeting frequency, institutional ownership, firm profitability and firm age, while the degree of board independence, firm size and leverage exhibit a negative relation. Further, dividend per share is positively related to board meeting frequency, institutional ownership, foreign ownership, firm profitability and age, while it is negatively related to CEO duality, managerial ownership, and firm leverage. There is no evidence that family ownership exerts an impact on dividend payout policy in Saudi firms. The findings of this study support agency, signalling, substitute and outcome theories of dividend policy.Research limitations/implicationsThis study offers an important insight into the board characteristic and ownership structure drivers of dividend policy in the context of an emerging market. Moreover, the study has important implications for firms, managers, investors, policymakers, and regulators in Saudi Arabia.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the existing literature by providing evidence on four board and five ownership characteristic drivers of dividend policy in Saudi Arabia as an emerging stock market, thereby improving on less comprehensive previous studies. The study recommends that investors consider board composition and ownership structure characteristics of firms as key drivers of dividend policy when making stock investment decisions to inform them about the propensity of investee firms to pay dividends and maintain a given dividend policy.

How does ownership structure affect the financing and dividend decisions of firm?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahar Tayachi ◽  
Ahmed Imran Hunjra ◽  
Kirsten Jones ◽  
Rashid Mehmood ◽  
Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Agency Cost ◽  
Debt Financing ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Ownership structure deals with internal corporate governance mechanism, which plays important role in minimizing conflict of interests between shareholders and management Ownership structure is an important mechanism that influences the value of firm, financing and dividend decisions. This paper aims to examine the impact of the ownership structures, i.e. managerial ownership, institutional ownership on financing and dividend policy. Design/methodology/approach The authors use panel data of manufacturing firms from both developed and developing countries, and the generalized method of moments (GMM) is applied to analyze the results. The authors collect the data from DataStream for the period of 2010 to 2019. Findings The authors find that managerial ownership and ownership concentration have significant and positive effects on debt financing, but they have significant and negative effects on dividend policy. Institutional ownership shows a positive impact on financing decisions and dividend policy for sample firms. Originality/value This study fills the gap by proving the policy implications for both firms and investors, as managers prefer debt financing, but at the same time try to ignore dividend payment. Therefore, investors may not invest in firms with a higher proportion of managerial ownership and may choose to invest more in institutional ownership, which lowers the agency cost.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE IN PROMOTING CONTINUITY - APPLIED STUDY OF A SAMPLE ON LISTED COMPANIES IN IRAQI STOCK EXCHANGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amer Mohamed Salman Al-Janabi ◽  
Hassnain Kadhem Ojah
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Control Environment ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
The Impact

The research aims to diagnose the property structure for a sample of listed companies shares in the Iraq Stock Exchange as well as determining the ability of the property structure in the continuity of the company, as the research problem is the effect of the structure of ownership of the corporate sample study in promoting continuity of companies? The research assumed a significant impact of the structure of ownership in enhancing the continuity of the sample of the research, the research reached that the diversity of the property structure is centralized through it is part of corporate governance mechanisms, as it is responsible for specific policies and decisions, which in turn has a solid control environment As well as the powers of the protection of shareholders, as well as the diversity of ownership structure leads to the protection of the interests of economic unity and the interests of all equity holders through that decisions do not have a specific class interests at the expense of the rest of the stock campaign, as well as non-continuity It is the results of many behaviors and non-right decisions and decisions of the ownership structure. The discovery of those factors and indicators contributes to avoiding non-continuation of the samples of the research sample. Those who have 5% stake through special statements are discriminated with financial reports to clearly identify the diversity of the property structure as well as account monitors should give an indication. The landmarks are clear in their reports and their views are clearly and impressed with regard to the imposition of continuity of economic units listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange.

scholarly journals Impacts of Capital Structure and Dividend Policy on the Financial Performance of Listed Companies on Vietnamese Stocks Market

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loan T. Vu ◽  
Anh T. H. Vu ◽  
Thao T. P. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Generalized Least Squares ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Dividend Yield ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study is taken to describe the relationship between the levels of debt, dividend policy and the performance of firms listed in Vietnamese stock market. The dividend policy is proxied by the dividend yield while firm’s performance is measured by ROE, ROA, and P/E. The total number of observations is 552, collecting from 92 listed companies on Hochiminh Stock Exchange during 2012 and 2019. The analysis results from generalized least squares (GLS) models report that the choice of firm’s performance proxy affects the relationship between firm’s performance and leverage as well as dividend policy. While leverage has positive impact on ROE and ROA, it has negative impact on P/E. In contrast, dividend yield ratio is negatively correlated with ROA and P/E but positively correlated with ROE. However, the impact of debt levels on firm’s performance is independent with the choice of leverage proxy. The findings of this research are expected to provide better understanding about the connection between debt, dividend and performance of the firm that can support the managers to make relevant decisions.

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