Keywords : Dividend Payout decision, stakeholders, credit standing, liquidity, future growth, FMCG companies

Abstract : Dividend payout decision is one of the major decisions for the financial managers. It affects the interest of the various stakeholders and most importantly it affects the credit standing, liquidity and future growth of the concern and hence whenever the company wants to take decision regarding the DPR it requires due attention. The Prime aim of the present research is to investigate the dividend payout decision of the FMCG companies in India. Samples are selected on the basis of consistency of dividend payment. The research is based on previously collected data and covers period of 12 years that is from 2013-14 to 2023-24. Arithmetic mean, co-efficient of variation and ANOVA result under linear regression has been put to test the data. The research founds and concludes that the companies under FMCG industry have different dividend policy.

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