Advantage  could be

let say you put in 50 sen to  buy a share, then co pays you back 45sen. Then you still the same number of shares , but at lower risk of 5sen only.

Most likely , these companies have cash pile. if they afford to you extra dividends of let say 20sen a share.

So you got back more than you put in, and you still have the same of shares in that co.

If the share is goreng up, then more profit for you. If the co goes bust, you have nothing to lose.

Just one of the examples.

Will you receive the dividend on that purchase occassion?

All sifus...can I know what is Dividend Cover Times ?

just want to clarify..
i calculated guiness annual dividen payout..is it 6-7% nett(on average) annually after the 21% tax(is it 21%?)?
sorry,if im asking a stupid question    very new here

Starting Year Assessment 2008, which we will file in April 2009, the tax paid on company dividends is FINAL and is no longer taxable when you receive it. This also means that you will not be able to claim back any credits if your tax bracket is less than 26%. This is the proposed Single Tier tax as proposed by our PM in the Budget 2008 last year. I know this sucks because we cannot claim back the additional tax we paid.

I think moving forward, companies should use money to repay capital or share buyback instead of paying dividends. Because capital repayment and share buy back are capital gains, so not taxable.

Hmm, but this doesn't reduce the company's profits right? So, the profits still get taxed at 25%. Bloody.

I see. I think I kinda understand now. Just that.. Take Jinter for example,
Lets say they repay 75cent of its 1ringgit value, and their stock it currently at rm4.30. then after the repayment.. how much the stock price will become? izzit rm4.30 - 75%??

"The Proposed Capital Repayment involves a capital repayment via cash on the basis of RM 0.75 for every one (1) JTI Share to the Entitled Shareholders (as defined below), via a reduction of the share capital of JTI pursuant to Section 64 of the Act. Upon completion of the Proposed Capital Repayment, the par value of the ordinary shares in the Company will be reduced from RM1.00 to RM 0.25 each and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company will be amended accordingly."

above extracted from Jinter announcement.

can anyone explain it. I want to know if i have jinter stock at rm4.30.. how much will i receive and what price will my stock become.. and what does rm0.25 par mean?

someone mentioned about UCHITEC

UCHITEC is giving a Tax Exempt Dividend of 6 Sen per share.

based on today's closing price - 0.945, that would be equivalent to 6.3% DY.

methematically, yes.

but this is not confirm yet ah. jsut wait for announcement on 19th.

Just received my first dividend cheque from Proton yesterday. 

5% less tax is no much better than FD mah. FDs are Govt guaranteed, right ? Not worth the risk, lah.

Share price could go down further if there is a depression, leh . 5% div could become super low then.

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Added on January 31, 2009, 9:15 pm

Proton is better than Toyota bcos  it is selling at higher price than Toyota ( before  adding all the taxes.)

Malaysia sure boleh one.

Is the 2.15 sen dividend after tax? How much is the tax rate?

AMMB is my top pick instead of PBB

Its been long since i graduated, but i remembered some theory i studied in economic class, saying that a company is best 100% leveraged, thus you dont have to invest anything to get returns. because of the ROE thingy...if i remember correctly.

As for Digi, i think its still in its expansion phase, thus needing a certain amount of cash to do so. But from their actions, you can see that they know what their existing investors want which is High dividend, without this high payout, they are afraid that their shares might tank. Thus they are thinking of ways to increase or maintain their share price by giving out more dividends due to competition (maxis).

If you were to ask if they are doing the right thing to increase leverage in times like this and if its a wise choice to borrow money to pay shareholders, ..... i dont know, only time will tell. I like digi as a whole, but the current share price is too high for me to swallow. Shareholders should be quite happy to hear that they are getting more dividend regardless of where the funds are coming from ....hahahaha....as long as not from the shareholder's pockets (rights issue).

Dear sifus,
  I got one noob question, hope you all can recommend.

I have RM 1M cash, which I dun need to use for the time being (4-6 years).
I do not know anything about shares.
If I want a low-risk, high dividend shares, what should I buy?
Can recommend maybe 2-3 counters??

1. Nestle?
2. BAT?
3. Digi?    - can last good dividends for another 6 years?
4. BJToTo?    - can last good dividends for another 6 years?

Yes . I believe the technology is already there instead of archaic paper based cheque. The overall, efficiency and overhead costs should be minimized. Hopefully, the savings should be passed onto the customers in the long term.

Nowadays, e-banking already quite established. Online transfer should be adopted.

With a simply few click or directive to bank, money already in your account, instead current method, share registrar or company need
get the cheque printed
seal in envelop
post it
post service need to use train service and manual postman to deliver
after you receive, still need to go to bank to bank in the cheque (which might cost a few RM loss due to parking, petrol, and most importantly time)

Go through a big circle as compared direct bank in.

Guys, a fast question... got a screenshot here. Which one is the dividend?
Say to calculate it;- 1000shares * Par Value * Dividend = ?

Earning per share(Sen) or Dividend(Sen)?
Confuse.

Thanks in advance!

Oh LOL. So I just straight away multiply shares with dividend(sen) column.
Thanks alot! Very new with this dividend thing.

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Added on March 4, 2010, 5:09 pmAnother quick question.

When a stock is at *C status, I can straight away buy the shares and can straight away sell it back when the stock is at *X status, correct?

Which normally the holding time will be about 3-4days, correct?

Only for the purpose of getting dividend.

Thanks!

not worthy for doing so, as share price would be adjusted back after the ex-date.

if your intention is to buy for long term & enjoy the decen dividend annually, best is buy after ex-date, then start to accumulate from there.