Abstract
Present study is an attempt to recognize best performers among fifty companies listed under Nifty during year 2011-2015 based on Continuous compounding Returns for five years. Returns from stocks investment arrives in two forms that is returns from changes in stock prices and dividend income or bonus if any. In the present study all fifty companies have been categorized under eight sectors, for the purpose for calculating CCR’s using sector specific index are taken as proxy for market performance. A comparison of final dividend per share (in percentages) and the Continuous Compounding Returns are correlated to recognize the relationship they share. The major objective is to understand if CCR’s are influenced by dividends paid by corporates, and in also the understanding this behavior from different sectors
Keywords
dividends, Returns, Stock Returns, Nifty, India
How to Cite:
Lakshmi Rawat & Dr. Mary Jessica , EVALUATING SECTOR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE AMONG STOCKS FROM NIFTY : DOES DIVIDEND PAYOUTS EFFECT STOCK RETURNS? , Volume 2 , Issue 3, march 2016, EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) ,