If a management team wishes to boost the company's stock price, then it should consider actions to a boost the company's dividend payout ratio to more than 100%, increase the company's retained earnings, and issue sufficient shares of common stock to raise the funds to pay off all long-term debt within 2 years. b increase the S/Q rating on the company branded footwear, spend additional money or corporate citizenship and social responsibility, pay a dividend each year that equals projected EPS, and keep the company's image rating above 75. c repurchase shares of common stock, increase earnings per share annually by amounts that meet or beat investor expectations, and raise the company's dividend payments to shareholders (by at least $0.10 and preferably $0.25 or more for the increase to have much impact on the stock price).
d quickly pay off all long-term debt, keep the company's dividend payout ratio below 50%, and issue no more than 5,000 shares of common stock in any given year. e pay a steady dividend of $1.00 per year, avoid the use of short-term loans, boost total stockholders' equity by 5% to 10% annually, and maintain a credit rating of at least an A.