Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and buybacks, perhaps the most most misunderstood and misplayed element of corporate finance. Viewed in that context, dividends as just as integral to a business, as the investing and financing decisions.

Dividends 91

Dividends Start-ups Finance Corporate Finance 91

Benzinga

JUNE 16, 2022

Fully cash and debt-financed transaction; expect pro forma year-end 2022 leverage ratio around 3.5 This acquisition further supports our already strong cash flow profile and ability to return an increasing amount of capital to our shareholders through common dividend increases and common share repurchases," added Meloy.

EBITDA 40

EBITDA Debt Financing Dividends Finance 40

Valutico

APRIL 17, 2023

The WACC formula derives the current cost of each form of finance, starting with the risk-free rate, the expected return on equity, and the costs associated with debt financing. You then weigh each source by its relative importance in terms of debt or equity.

Weighted Average Cost of Capital 52

Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow Beta Risk-free Rate 52

Valutico

APRIL 17, 2023

The WACC formula derives the current cost of each form of finance, starting with the risk-free rate, the expected return on equity, and the costs associated with debt financing. You then weigh each source by its relative importance in terms of debt or equity.

Weighted Average Cost of Capital 52

Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow Beta Risk-free Rate 52

Valutico

APRIL 12, 2023

The WACC formula derives the current cost of each form of finance, starting with the risk-free rate, the expected return on equity, and the costs associated with debt financing. You then weigh each source by its relative importance in terms of debt or equity.

Weighted Average Cost of Capital 52

Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow Beta Risk-free Rate 52

Musings on Markets

APRIL 20, 2021

For instance, the 2017 US tax reform act, in addition to lowering the corporate tax rate, also changed the way that foreign income to US companies was taxed and put limits on the tax deductibility of debt. In addition, changes in tax law take a while to work their way into corporate behavior.

Start-ups 52

Start-ups Debt Financing Finance Equity 52

Reynolds Holding

MAY 16, 2022

firms have more than tripled inflation-adjusted dividends, while real share repurchase values have ballooned from $5 billion in 1971 to almost $1 trillion in 2018 and become the dominant form of payout. New research shows that firms do not directly substitute repurchases for dividends; often these payouts complement one another.

Dividends 59

Dividends Debt Financing Finance Marketability 59