Company payout policy and dividend analysis

Topic Company payout policy and dividend analysis Type Short answer questions Education level Master’s Citation style Not applicable Service Writing Size 2 pages (550 words), double spacing Subject Investing and financial markets Language English (US) Deadline 28 Feb 04:21 Description There should be at least 50 words for each question. Please be as detailed as possible to critically address questions below so that other students will be able to follow easily to leave a comment. If you are using other articles to support your findings, please provide proper references. Stocktrak Instructions (Examples given are only for clarity reasons): To research for any U.S. Companies, please follow steps below: 1) Log in to Stocktrak using your created username and password. 2) Go to the Investing Research on the Top Right and then Company News. 3) Search your interested company using either its Ticker (such as PG) or name (Procter & Gamble Company (The)). 4) On the left under the Advanced Research, go to Corporate Actions (Select Event Type) 1) What is the payout policy of the company? (APPLE )Do you think it can be justifiable with its current earnings? Why or why not. If a company does not have payout policy, please provide rationals behind it. (Select event type-dividends and earnings) 2) What are different types of payout policies based on the lecture note M6-3? What are rationals for its managers to choose a particular payout policy? (If a company does not have payout policy, please only answer the first question) 3) What types of investors are most likely to be attracted by its payout policy or no payout policy? Please be specific about your reasons. 4) What are cash dividend , ex-dividend, and record date based on the lecture note M6-3? What is the most recent ex-dividend date for the company? What do you observe the dividends trend? (Select event type-dividends) (If a company does not have payout policy, please only answer the first question) 5) What is stock split based on the lecture note M6-3? What are rationals for managers to split its shares? What is the most recent stock split event for the company ? When you observe the historical split events, what do you observe? (Select event type-splits) (If a company has no split events, please only answer the first two questions) YOU WILL REPLY TO ONE STUDENT