Ali, T., & Waheed, N. (2017)
Ali, T., & Waheed, N. (2017)
Ali, T., & Waheed, N. (2017)
St ock Price Volat ilit y in Relat ion t o Dividend Policy; A Case St udy of Karachi St ock Market
Schaphik Ahmad
T he Impact of Dividend Policy on Share Price Volat ilit y in T he Malaysian St ock Market
Mohamed Ghazzali
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Abstract
The aim of this investigation is to study the association of dividend policy with share price volatility by resting
the focal point on all the listed corporations in Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). In support of mentioned
objective, top 10 companies listed in Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was selected as sample. The study covered
a time span from 2007 to 2016. The association connecting share price volatility with dividend policy
specifically determined by six (6) independent variables i.e. dividend yield, dividend payout, firm’s size, firm’s
growth, earning volatility and leverage. These were investigated by employing regressions analysis under the
method of least squares model. On the bases of findings of this study, all independent variables have significant
impact on share price volatility, which shows that firms which pay regular dividend to its shareholders are more
stable in their stock price.
Keywords: Dividend payout, Dividend yield, Earning per share, Firm’s growth, Firm’s size, Leverage, Share
price volatility and Pakistan Stock Exchange.
JEL Codes: G35, G11
1. Introduction:
Organization profit composition asserts a continued extremely imperative as well an uncertain subject ever.
Numerous investigators are always conscious about the result decided by company’s profit strategy however a
contradictory view regarding that strategies might occurs. For that reason, it comes up to additional discussions
for the purpose to avoid dispute that could be arise. Dividend is the segment of revenue to facilitate shareholders
to pay off their cost of capital. Dividend arrangement pertains toward “the strategy/regulations use by the
corporations with the aim to know what amount of share could be pay to investors as profit and the amount to
stay held in reserve within the organization as retain earning?” (Hashemiijoo et. al., 2012). Normally, dividends
are appropriated in form of money and stock as well. Companies usually prefer to give cash dividend but the
problem is always availability of free cash flow, to overcome this problem they declare dividend in shape of
shares which ultimately increase the no. of partners in the firm. “Financial specialists and shareholders earn from
their stock as capital addition and profit yield” (Jo and Pan: 2009). Dividend policy asserted that if an
organization appropriated high profit now, it could decrease its profit later and in this way the aggregate impact
remain nil throughout the period. A rapid increase in a profit in form of dividend and bonus share is an alarming
indication of later low returns (Miller and Modigliani,1961). In order to deal with the mentioned problems,
business people ought to examine the policies of dividend in addition to deal with strategy that would be ideal to
drives stockholders’ revenue and resources augmentation. “Profits are connected with stock costs; therefore it
must be carefully measured by firms (Hashemiijoo et. al., 2012). Capital composition as well as dividend
strategy both influences the decision of shareholders.
There are numerous analysts who have taken a shot at this subject with the reference of developed
nations, in any case, not many of them worked with regards to developing economies like Pakistan. The reason
behind the following study is to clarify the importance of dividend policy through considering its six parameters:
These six parameters are dividend yield, dividend payout, firm’s size, firm’s growth, earning volatility and
leverage.
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study focuses on six prime variables which are dividend yield, dividend payout, firm’s size, firm’s growth,
earning volatility and leverage.
1.3 Limitations:
The limitations of the study related to this research are as follows:
• The study chiefly concerted on the dividend practice and its impact in viewpoint of Pakistan, of top 10 listed
companies on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE).
• The selected sample does not cover the all industrial sectors of Pakistan.
• This study selects only top 10 listed companies of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE).
• The data gather as of secondary sources, so genuineness of the facts and figures is reliant on the
accurateness of the records used.
• The outcome as well as the understandings is solely based on the concept perceived by the researcher.
• The dissimilarity in fiscal year, policies and financial strategies among the sampled firms made assessment
of comparable variables hard.
2. Literature Review:
In this research literature, review will talk about the writings of various researches that have been completed in
the previous couple of decades to look at the hypothetical importance for uncertain dividend approach issues.
The effect of dividend arrangement on stock returns was examined by numerous specialists between the 1950s
and 1980s. Some researchers contended that distinctive payout every once in a while significantly affects an
organization's stock price. The relationship between profit approach and stock value instability was inspected by
numerous specialists the later 1980s. The reason for this part would be to investigate the impacts of dividend
payments on stock cost and how these factors could remain characterize along with by what means the impacts
of the stated factors lying on stock costs. For this research, I will read different articles, concerning research
papers, newspapers, visit to the recommended business sites and read different books as well.
Abrar-ul-haq, Kashif, and Imdad Ullah (2015) conducted research on Stock Price Volatility and
Dividend Policy in Pakistan in which they argues that firm’s dividend plan is mysterious and one of the
brainteaser in corporate finance. He took 600 or more companies recorded on the KSE, and recommend
employing consequent direct variables in examining the importance of the correlation among dividend yield and
price volatility: operating earnings, firm’s size, debt financing level, payout ratio and growth level. These
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variables have an obvious effect on stock proceeds however also effect on dividend yield. Each were accepted
and considered as independent variables. According to them, it has been verified by the above examine that
earning volatility has optimistic (positive) effect on price volatility. This indicates that if earning volatility of the
company increased price volatility also increased and vice versa.
Hashemijoo, Aref Mahdavi and Nejat (2012) conducted a research to find out the Impact the effect of
profit arrangement on share cost unpredictability with an emphasis on buyer item organizations recorded in
Malaysian securities exchange. For this reason, a specimen of 84 organizations from 142 customer item
organizations recorded in fundamental business sector of Bursa Malaysia were chosen and the impact of profit
yield and profit payout on share value unpredictability were inspected by relating different regressions intended
for a time of six years from 2005 to 2010. The essentially relapse model was extended by including control
variables counting size, acquiring unpredictability, influence, obligation and development. The observational
aftereffects of this study demonstrated critical negative relationship between share value instability with two
primary estimations of profit strategy which are profit yield and payout.
Suleman, Asghar, Ali and Hamid (2011) argued that the development have vital pessimistic influence
on the share value shakiness. He contemplated the relationship of dividend strategy with stock price instability in
Pakistan. They separated information from Karachi Stock Exchange in regards to five imperative areas for the
time of 2005 to 2009. They utilized different relapses model for their investigation. In opposition to former
researcher’s outcomes, their discoveries demonstrated that offer value unpredictability has critical positive
association with profit yield. They likewise reported that stock price instability has important negative
association with development.
Nazir, Nawaz, Anwar and Ahmed (2010) commented that size of firm, dividend payout and dividend
yield have negatively association with stock value volatility. But the size has unimportant effect where as the
dividend yield and payout has important effect. In his research he utilized 73 firms recorded as a part of Karachi
Stock Exchange (KSE) or Karachi Securities Exchange as test and well thought-out the relationship between
offer value instability and profit arrangement for the time of 2003 to 2008.. They reported that stock price
instability has huge negative relationship with profit yield and profit payout. They likewise reported that size and
influence have non-critical negative impact on stock price instability.
Black and Scholes (1974) argued that the expected return and dividend yield had no significant
relationship between them. They conducted a research in which they taking into account a specimen, which was
made of 25 arrangement of basic stock in New York Stock Trade to consider effect that profit strategy have at
stock cost commencing 1936 to 1966. They inferred that a change in profit strategy may considerably affect a
company’s stock cost and they have upheld the profit importance hypothesis.
3. Research Methodology:
This chapter covers the methodology used to interpret the result. In this research secondary sources that are used
for data collection are the annual reports, business recorder, articles, journals, previous research and compilation
from computerized database information system and other statistical models. As it is mentioned earlier that the
population targeted in this investigation are wholly the firms listed at Pakistan Stock Exchange so, only
secondary data is collected through annual reports, business recorder, and other secondary sources.
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Dividend Yield
Dividend
Payout
Firm's Size
Share
Price
Volatility Firm's Growth
Earning
Volatility
Leverage
4.1.Correlation Analysis
The correlation analysis shows that there is a negative relationship between dependent variable (share price
volatility) and independent variables (dividend yield, dividend payout, firm size and firm growth) which means
that if independent variables are moved upward then price volatility will decrease. Whereas earning volatility
and leveraged shows positive correlation with price volatility.
Table 1 (Correlation Analysis)
Covariance Analys is: Ordinary
Date: 02/10/17 Time: 21:53
Sample: 2007 2016
Included observations: 10
Covariance
Correlation PV DY DP FS FG EV
PV 0.025087
1.000000
DY -0.000178 0.000103
0.010352 1.000000
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5. Conclusion:
This research indicates that the share price volatility determined by dividend yield as well as dividend payout but
other than these two main indicators further four independent variables also exerts impression on dividend policy.
In collaboration of these two main independent variable i.e. dividend yield and dividend payout along with
firm’s size and firm’s growth have a significantly negative association with share price voltility where as, the
rest of the two independent variables i.e. earning volatility and leverage have a significantly positive association
with share price volitility. According to the results volatility of the shares’ prices would be lower with higher
dividend yield and payout rate. All the alternate hypothesis are accepted here because significance value of all
independent variables are less than 0.05.
6. Recommendation:
In the light of the above findings , following are the recommendationss:
• The organizations should have the stable dividend policy because it directly effects the firm’s growth.
• The government should charge the less corporate tax, because increase in tax means decreases in net income
which results decrease in dividend payout and hence increase earnings volatility.
• The companies’ ought to take up stable dividend policy with the aim to catch the attention of the local as
well as foreign investors.
• Future researchers can find the relationship by taking up the specific industry and focusing the other related
variables.
• This research highlights the importance of dividend policy on firm’s growth and profitability, so the
decision makers can device the policy by considering these important variables.
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APPENDIX I
List Of The Top Ten Companies Listed At Pakistan Stock Exchange Commencing 15th July 2015:
Number Company Name Weight (%) Market Capitalization
(PKR Millions)
1 Oil and Gas Development Company 16.21 147,193
2 MCB Bank Limited 11.64 105,729
3 Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited 8.86 80,490
4 Pakistan Petroleum 8.76 79,521
5 Pakistan Oilfields 6.31 57,352
6 Hub Power Company 6.16 55,987
7 Engro Corporation 4.35 39,551
8 United Bank 4.35 39,473
9 Pakistan State Oil 4.14 37,644
10 Lucky Cement 3.41 30,956
APPENDIX II
Annual Ratios Of Top Ten Companies Listed At Pakistan Stock Exchange For 10 Years.
.YEARS SHARE PRICE DIVIDEND DIVIDEND FIRM’S FIRM’S EARNING LEAVERAGE
VOLATILITY YIELD PAYOUT SIZE GROWTH VOLATILITY (L)
(PV) (DY) (DP) (FS) (FG) (EV)
2007 0.234946 0.0554 0.61232 9.587181 0.000108 0.475824 0.253038
2008 0.326263 0.06277 0.57694 9.775456 0.000189 0.521408 0.254952
2009 0.652340 0.06519 0.51961 9.895274 0.000236 0.491915 0.316341
2010 0.533881 0.0754 0.54731 10.12393 0.000311 0.470293 0.287533
2011 0.189109 0.08272 0.56885 10.30102 0.000314 0.301225 0.120452
2012 0.211198 0.08591 0.56238 10.46051 0.000175 0.379568 0.106790
2013 0.243288 0.08396 0.55306 10.65167 0.000109 0.360061 0.116853
2014 0.176039 0.06922 0.54159 10.75123 0.000108 0.344752 0.127411
2015 0.155558 0.06663 0.64195 10.86821 0.000014 0.290839 0.127521
2016 0.211055 0.06016 0.63186 10.92651 0.000012 0.258096 0.158167
Source: Developed by researcher
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