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''Financial ratio analysis - performance ratios.''
(Div Rec).


(DPS).
The date on which a shareholder's entitlement to receive the next dividend payable by a company becomes fixed, notwithstanding any subsequent transfer of the related shares to a subsequent shareholder.


Dividend per share is total dividends divided by the total number of shares.
The shareholders in the company's records as of the record date are entitled to receive the next dividend or other distribution.
 
 
Also known as the 'date of record'.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Dividend]]
* [[Cum dividend]]
* [[Dividend cover]]
* [[Ex dividend]]
* [[Dividend yield]]
* [[Ex-coupon]]
* [[Earnings per share]]
* [[Performance ratio]]
 
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Revision as of 17:49, 12 November 2015

(Div Rec).

The date on which a shareholder's entitlement to receive the next dividend payable by a company becomes fixed, notwithstanding any subsequent transfer of the related shares to a subsequent shareholder.

The shareholders in the company's records as of the record date are entitled to receive the next dividend or other distribution.


Also known as the 'date of record'.


See also