The Impact of Dividend Policy on Stock Price: A Study of Fuel, Power and Cement Industry in Bangladesh

Abstract

Commercial organizations in Bangladesh are experiencing rivalry among themselves because of economic struggle globally and attempting to remain competitive in these changeable economic surroundings. This paper intends to analyze the impact of dividend policy on the market price of stock in Bangladesh. The numbers of statistic community are 330 companies in Dhaka Stock Exchange. All 24 companies belong to Fuel, Power and Cement industry listed at DSEX index are included as the sample for a phase from 2000 to 2016. In this paper, Fixed Effect Model along with Random Effect Model have been used to estimate outcomes. Both Models are exercised on panel data for explaining the association between dividend payments and share prices after adjusting several variables including Earnings per Share, logarithm value of Profit after Tax, Growth of Asset and Dividend Payout Ratio. The study also checked both the Models and found Random Effect Model is more significant than Fixed Effect Model. Afterward, this paper applied the multicollinearity test to determine is there any correlation among the variables and found no multicollinearity. This paper found a weak form market exists in Bangladesh and investors choose stock dividend more than the cash dividend.