Which company is larger?

[Grimes]

RVDondaPC said:

Grimes said:

RVDondaPC said:

Grimes said:
Some successful companies give dividends, others do not. Some bad companies give dividends, others do not. I don't really see how that is relevant to this argument.

Because everytime a company pays out a dividend it is paying out a piece of value from the company which decreases the Market Cap of that company. If they did not pay out a dividend then the market cap of that company would be much higher than it is.

There are plenty of successful companies that pay out dividends. If there was such a strong correlation, the market would adjust to it.

The market does adjust for it. Everytime A company pays out a dividend the stock price drops that amount on the execution date for that given dividend. It can go up or down from there depending on all kinds of things, but the market does adjust for it. So if a company paid out a $.50 dividend on April 9th then at the open of the market on April 9th the stock of that company will be $.50 lower than where it was before the open of the market. Thus affecting the Market Cap value of that company. Whether the stock goes up or down after that adjustment depends on other factors, but the market does adjust for dividend pay outs. 

 

That's not adjustment based on how people think the company will perform, nor does it have much impact on how a company operates.

I just don't see how any of this is relevant to the discussion at hand. If there is any impact from dividends, it is miniscule compared to other factors such as innovation and sound management.