Determinants of dividend yield of Malaysian firms

This study focuses on the perfonnance of 788 finns over a 10-year period from year 2000 to 2009 that provide infonnation on market capitalization, net income, tota~ assets, total common equity, net operating cash flow, the earning per share and the date the finn was first listed on Bursa Malaysi,...

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Main Author: Liew, Teresa Phit Sia
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9049/
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description This study focuses on the perfonnance of 788 finns over a 10-year period from year 2000 to 2009 that provide infonnation on market capitalization, net income, tota~ assets, total common equity, net operating cash flow, the earning per share and the date the finn was first listed on Bursa Malaysi, The result of statistics summary provide support to the previous studies that Malayslan dividend payers are more profitable, having higher net operating cash flow and investment opportunities but lower debt equity ratio than the non-payers. The result of Logit regression shows that profitability has the strongest positive influence, debt equity has moderate negative influence and cash flow has mild positive influence on the probability of dividend yields. Investment opportunities have been found with no significant contribution. The influence of the financial variables on dividend yield varies when finns are examined within the context of size and age of finns. The only exception here is profitability which consistently shows positive influence and its impact increases across size and age of finns.
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spelling unimas-90492023-03-06T07:57:04Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9049/ Determinants of dividend yield of Malaysian firms Liew, Teresa Phit Sia HG Finance This study focuses on the perfonnance of 788 finns over a 10-year period from year 2000 to 2009 that provide infonnation on market capitalization, net income, tota~ assets, total common equity, net operating cash flow, the earning per share and the date the finn was first listed on Bursa Malaysi, The result of statistics summary provide support to the previous studies that Malayslan dividend payers are more profitable, having higher net operating cash flow and investment opportunities but lower debt equity ratio than the non-payers. The result of Logit regression shows that profitability has the strongest positive influence, debt equity has moderate negative influence and cash flow has mild positive influence on the probability of dividend yields. Investment opportunities have been found with no significant contribution. The influence of the financial variables on dividend yield varies when finns are examined within the context of size and age of finns. The only exception here is profitability which consistently shows positive influence and its impact increases across size and age of finns. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9049/3/Determinants%20of%20Dividend%20Yield%20of%20Malaysian%20Firms.pdf Liew, Teresa Phit Sia (2011) Determinants of dividend yield of Malaysian firms. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS).
spellingShingle HG Finance
Liew, Teresa Phit Sia
Determinants of dividend yield of Malaysian firms
title Determinants of dividend yield of Malaysian firms
title_full Determinants of dividend yield of Malaysian firms
title_fullStr Determinants of dividend yield of Malaysian firms
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of dividend yield of Malaysian firms
title_short Determinants of dividend yield of Malaysian firms
title_sort determinants of dividend yield of malaysian firms
topic HG Finance
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9049/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9049/3/Determinants%20of%20Dividend%20Yield%20of%20Malaysian%20Firms.pdf