The dividend would be based on a payoutratio of 25 per cent of the company's profit after tax.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What some have suggested is a move to a payoutratio, whereby payments are more directly linked to profits.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The payoutratio measures the proportion of earnings that is paid out as dividends.
Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
Definition of 'ratio'
ratio
(reɪʃioʊ, US -ʃoʊ)Explore 'ratio' in the dictionary
countable noun [usually singular]
A ratio is a relationship between two things when it is expressed in numbers or amounts. For example, if there are ten boys and thirty girls in a room, the ratio of boys to girls is 1:3, or one to three.
Definition of 'payout'
payout
(peɪaʊt)Explore 'payout' in the dictionary
countable noun
A payout is a sum of money, especially a large one, that is paid to someone, for example by an insurance company or as a prize.
Definition of 'payout ratio'
payout ratio
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noun
the ratio between dividends paid out and earnings per share of common stock within a time period
Example sentences
payout ratio
The payout ratio is now at its highest since the early 1990s.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Jupiter aims for a payout ratio of 80 per cent of available funds.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The payout ratio was 42 per cent last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It also said that its dividend will now be paid semiannually instead of quarterly, at a revised payout ratio.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It said that it had cut its debt significantly and would increase its dividend payout ratio as a result.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Payout ratios measure the proportion of after-tax profits paid out in dividends andbuybacks and therefore not available for reinvestment.