QUOTE(spring onion @ Aug 21 2014, 12:10 AM)
Sorry for the misleading vocab but i usually look at earnings per share then dividend yield, then track record.
it's a good start for a company (from complete growth stock) to start giving dividend to shareholder. this shows that the company is trying to make investor get back a taste
no offend but i really really like company which starting to give divvy

wankongyew stressed the issue of consistent dividend payout for a good reason.

I have seen local stock(s), which had been a fantastic constant dividend payer OVER the years, fall drastically just because company did not make any dividend announcement the current year.
Some even fall when dividends were lowered.

The market had been BETTING all along for dividend payouts each year, each x quarter (for example, some companies pay dividend every 2nd quarter. So come every 2nd quarter of a new fiscal year, a dividend is expected).
That is the market expectation.
That is the bet.
As you know, markets is all about handling amd management of risks.
Therefor, a company without a consistent track record of dividend payout, 'might' be subject to non dividend payment(s), which would of course, 'might'lead to lower prices.
I use the word 'might'...

Markets is always unpredictable.
Strange at times.

Take your Marco for example.
What's the one so-called main reason to buy Marco?
It's a hell of a dividend stock.
Yield is more than 10%...
blah, blah, blah.....
If you read current profit notes..
last same same period, Marco paid 6 million plus in dividends.
This year, elek.
But then the market is strange....
Now Marco is 23 sen plus.
Do the market care about non dividend issue?