payout ratio

payout ratio definition - finance
The percentage of earnings that are paid in dividends. To calculate the ratio, dividend per share is divided by earnings per share.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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