• Dr. Mrs. Vijayalakshmi S
• Ishwarya P
• Mahalaxmi K
• Pavithra A

Dividend is the actual return a shareholder gets on his investment in the shares of a company. If a company is in a growth mode, it may decide that it will not pay dividends, but rather re-invest its profits (retained earnings) in the business. If a company does decide to pay dividends, it must then decide how often to do so, and at what rate. The growth rate of dividend per share helps the investor to invest in a company which pays dividend continuously on increasing trend. This paper analyse the difference between actual dividend paid and expected dividend during the study period using growth rate as an analysing tool. The study has been carried out during the period of the financial year 2012-2013 to 2017-2018. This study is based on six years annual report of five selected companies. The aim of this study is to focus on growth rate of dividend per share as it helps the investors to invest in a company which pays dividend continuously on growth basis.

Dividend per share, Growth rate.

"A STUDY ON CORPORATE DIVIDED POLICY ON SELECT COMPANIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.114-120, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902520.pdf

"A STUDY ON CORPORATE DIVIDED POLICY ON SELECT COMPANIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp114-120, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902520.pdf