Companies reluctant to pay out dividends may find themselves short of takers

Only 14 publicly listed companies have declared they will pay out dividends. The total value of the dividends amount to zl. 1.08 billion. "In times when interest rates are low, dividends gain power, and investors begin to look to companies which pay dividends. Shareholders in a company feel more certain if they are aware that the firm has a plan to share their profits with investors," said Slawomir Gajewski, the manager of Credit Suisse Asset Management. With constantly falling interest rates and low inflation, becoming a shareholder of a company which regularly pays dividends, can be much more profitable than an annual bank deposit, which currently yield an average interest rate of 5%. (Parkiet, p. 1) A.K.