Now work out the dividends payable as a percentage of the operating profit. To do this divide the dividends by the operating profit and then multiply that answer by 100. Step 2 - Analysing the divi. To analyse the amount of dividend paid out, and to help consider how good an investment the company may be we can use ratio analysis. The two most appropriate ratios are the dividend cover ratio and the price earnings ratio .
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