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since there is not enough room here I used an excel spreadsheet
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B. They'll know exactly what you want.
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<u>Net income increases</u><em>. - </em>Ability to pay Dividends increases.
Dividends are paid from Retained Earnings which are derived from Net Income. If Net income increases therefore, so does the ability to pay Dividends.
<u>More profitable investment opportunities are available</u> - Decreases Ability to pay Dividends.
If there are more profitable opportunities for investment available, the business will invest in those opportunities. By doing so they will reduce the amount of cash that they have which is cash that could have been paid as dividends.
<u>The firm increases its debt ratio</u>. - Ability to pay Dividends Increase
As a result of the company borrowing more money, there will be more money left to pay out dividends so more dividends will be paid.
2. A. Despite the fact that Dernham Burnham Inc.'s earnings tend to fluctuate from year to year, the company most likely pays a predictable, stable dividend each year.
Companies like Dernham that aim to please investors usually adopt a predictable, stable dividend policy every year so that the investors will have more faith in them and be sure of earnings every year. This will give them a higher rating with the investors.
They could end up financing them too much and need to borrow more money from China (we are very much in debt right now) nd then we would have more to pay
True, in some cases I would argue.
