Determinants of dividend payout ratio - The evidence from listed construction and real estate companies in Ho Chi Minh stock exchange (HOSE)
Abstract
The dividend decision of a company is an outcome of various considerations. These considerations differ across time, industry and area. This research tries to find out factors determine dividend policy of listed construction and real estate companies on Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange in the period of 2010 and 2014. A sample of 52 construction and real estate firms were adopted. Secondary data is collected from numbers reported in financial statements, audited annual reports and the resolutions of the General Assembly of Shareholders. Panel regression and descriptive statistic were utilized to examine the impacts of profitability, firm size, corporate income tax, liquidity, and leverage on dividend payout ratio. As the result, profitability has a negatively significant correlation with dividend payout ratio. Meanwhile, the corporate income tax indicated a positively significant correlation with dividend payout ratio.