We recently had a lecture on dividends. We discussed that dividends are periodic payments made to shareholders by the company they’ve invested in. When a company is earning enough revenue to cover its basic operating costs and projects, it can choose to divide up excess funds among its shareholders. Below are three corporations, two of which offer dividends and one that does not. Your assignment is to analyze these corporations and make a recommendation on their future dividend offering.
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP)
- Amazon (AMZN)
Here are some questions to consider.
• Should they continue to offer dividends?
• Should they stop offering dividends (permanently, temporarily, for a period of time)?
• Should they start offering dividends
• Should they increase or decrease their dividend offering
