A Study on the leading determinants of the dividend payout ratios of Philippine publicly- listed companies in the service and industrial sectors for the period 2006-2010

• Main Authors: Ching, Stefen Clifford D., Cruz, Gerard Manuel L., Jarin, April Rose Z., Sison, Monica Lynn S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: Dividends > Philippines; Dividends > Accounting; Corporations > Philippines
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/14718
• Institution: De La Salle University

The dividend policy is one of the major decisions corporations face. Every year, after a corporation’s earning, they must make the choice of retaining their earnings or distributing the earnings to the corporation’s shareholders through dividends. This study examines the leading determinants that affect the dividend policies of a company’s board of directors in Philippine publicly- listed companies under the service and industrial sectors for the period covered 2006-2010. Findings showed that corporate tax, debt-to-equity ratio, and float were found to be determinants of the dividend payout ratio under the service sector, while market-to-book value is found to be the only determinant of the dividend payout ratio under the industrial sector. Furthermore, inter-sector findings, through the adjusted dividend payout ratio, and t-test and nonparametric tests support the findings of Gill, Biger, and Tibrewala (2010) stating that the determinants of dividend payout ratio are industry specific; while Pearson correlation analysis showed similar findings with the study of Appannan and Lee (2011) asserting that independent variables with high correlation with dividend payout ratio is not always considered as a determinant of dividend payout ratio.