“The fact US companies are paying out a lot is starting to put pressure on European companies to pay out more,” Thibault Colle, strategist at UBS, said in the FT article.
However, Hans Lorenzen, a strategist at Citi, warned that European companies remain more conservative in issuing a pay out to shareholders, especially with a comparative absence of activists, or high profile shareholders who have pressured U.S. companies to release more cash.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.
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