Mulva told Wall Street he plans to take the distribution ratio, the percentage of the company's cash flow after capital spending that will go to dividends, from 24% to 40%.

穆尔瓦告诉华尔街说，他计划采用24 - 40%的分配比，即公司现金流的24 - 40%作为资本支出变现为红利。

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The dividend payout ratio indicates the amount of dividends paid relative to the company's earnings.

红利支付率即现金红利占公司净收益的百分比。

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Miller added that some companies need to increase their payout ratio-or earning dividends to shareholders-and stop hoarding so much cash.

米勒补充说一些公司需要增加他们的派息比率或股息收入给股东，停止囤积这么多现金。

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They told him that if earnings go up-- we try to keep a target payout ratio-- but if earnings suddenly shoot up, we're not going to increase our dividends right away because that would set too high an expectation and we don't want to have to cut it.

他们告诉他,如果收益提高,我们会努力维持既定的股利发放率,但如果收益大涨,我们不会马上提高股利,因为这样会导致过高的期望,我们也不想降低股利

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If nothing else, cash flush Apples of the world feel investor and boardroom pressure to go public with a coherent policy covering a rising payout ratio on dividends and share buybacks plus acquisitions.

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This ratio also is helpful in evaluating dividends at money-losing companies, which defy analysis using a traditional earnings payout ratio.

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