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Calculate dividends by subtracting year-end retained earnings from start-year retained earnings, then net income. Dividend payout ratio (DPR) is found by dividing total dividends by net income to ...

Stock buybacks manipulate the market and leave most Americans worse off. by William Lazonick Five years after the official end of the Great Recession, corporate profits are high, and the stock market ...