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Payout ratio
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Payout ratioGenerally, the proportion of earnings paid out to the common stockholders as dividends. More specifically, the firm's cash dividend divided by the firm's earnings in the same reporting period.
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Earnings
Net income for the company during a period.
Cash
The value of assets that can be converted into cash immediately, as reported by a company. Usually includes bank accounts and marketable securities, such as government bonds and banker's acceptances.
Dividend
A portion of a company's profit paid to common and preferred shareholders.
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Payoff diagram
In option pricing, a graph of the value of the option position at expiration as a function of the underlying asset price.
Payoff profile
The slope of a line graphed according to the value of an underlying asset on the x-axis and the value of a position taken to hedge against risk exposure on the y-axis.
Payout period
The time period during which withdrawals from a retirement account or annuity are paid.
Payout phase
The phase in an annuity during which payments are made to the annuitant.
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Payments system
Collective term for mechanisms (both paper-backed and electronic) for moving funds, payments and money among financial institutions throughout the nation.
Payoff diagram
In option pricing, a graph of the value of the option position at expiration as a function of the underlying asset price.
Payoff profile
The slope of a line graphed according to the value of an underlying asset on the x-axis and the value of a position taken to hedge against risk exposure on the y-axis.
Payout period
The time period during which withdrawals from a retirement account or annuity are paid.
Payout phase
The phase in an annuity during which payments are made to the annuitant.
Payout ratio
Payroll
A complete list of all a company's employees, with details of how much they earn.
Payroll tax
Tax an employer withholds and-or pays on behalf of their employees based on the wage or salary of the employee.
Peak
The high point at the end of an economic expansion until the start of a contraction.
Pecking order view (of capital structure)
The argument that external financing transactions costs, especially those associated with the problem of adverse selection, create a dynamic environment in which firms have a preference, or pecking-order of preferred sources of financing, when all else is equal.
Peg
To fix the value of a currency against something else (another currency or a precious metal).
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Earnings
Net income for the company during a period.
Cash
The value of assets that can be converted into cash immediately, as reported by a company. Usually includes bank accounts and marketable securities, such as government bonds and banker's acceptances.
Dividend
A portion of a company's profit paid to common and preferred shareholders.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Payoff diagram
In option pricing, a graph of the value of the option position at expiration as a function of the underlying asset price.
Payoff profile
The slope of a line graphed according to the value of an underlying asset on the x-axis and the value of a position taken to hedge against risk exposure on the y-axis.
Payout period
The time period during which withdrawals from a retirement account or annuity are paid.
Payout phase
The phase in an annuity during which payments are made to the annuitant.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Payments system
Collective term for mechanisms (both paper-backed and electronic) for moving funds, payments and money among financial institutions throughout the nation.
Payoff diagram
In option pricing, a graph of the value of the option position at expiration as a function of the underlying asset price.
Payoff profile
The slope of a line graphed according to the value of an underlying asset on the x-axis and the value of a position taken to hedge against risk exposure on the y-axis.
Payout period
The time period during which withdrawals from a retirement account or annuity are paid.
Payout phase
The phase in an annuity during which payments are made to the annuitant.
Payout ratio
Payroll
A complete list of all a company's employees, with details of how much they earn.
Payroll tax
Tax an employer withholds and-or pays on behalf of their employees based on the wage or salary of the employee.
Peak
The high point at the end of an economic expansion until the start of a contraction.
Pecking order view (of capital structure)
The argument that external financing transactions costs, especially those associated with the problem of adverse selection, create a dynamic environment in which firms have a preference, or pecking-order of preferred sources of financing, when all else is equal.
Peg
To fix the value of a currency against something else (another currency or a precious metal).
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