This is a historical dividend analysis of your target company in POWERPOINT or similar software. Your target company should be a US listed public company, mid-cap or small-cap in size, that pays a dividend. For the definition of Mid-cap, select a company that is less than $14B in market cap，$12B is suggested. Please note, it must have paid a dividend in the past! This is an individual exercise.
Objective: Analyze how the firm has returned cash to shareholders
Historical Dividend Analysis.
Assignment overview：1.Identify how much the firm has paid in dividends over the past 5 years?
2.How much stock has the firm repurchased over the past 5 years?
3.Has the firm paid a special dividend?
4.What is the firms dividend yield? How has it changed over the past 5 years?
5.What is the firms payout ratio? Has it been consistent?
6.Compare the firms dividend yield and payout ratio to the industry (or its top 3-5 competitors).
7.Summarize and provide any other comments that you feel are relevant to the firms’ dividend policy.