DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY INDEX :AN OPPORTUNTIY FOR SMALL
INVESTORS
ABSTRACT
This paper examines whether high dividend stocks portfolio (represented by CNX
dividend opportunity index of NSE) outperforms blue chip stocks portfolios and market
portfolio in Indian stock market, using absolute rate of return as well as risk adjusted
measures viz Sharpe ratio and Treynor ratio, Jensen ratio and the CAPM. Over the period
1st Oct 2007 to 30th June 2012, we find that high dividend stocks portfolios has
outperformed the market portfolio whereas blue chip stocks portfolio underperformed the
market portfolio. These results are consistent with the popular “Dogs of Dow Strategy”.
Moreover, high dividend stocks portfolio is found to have also lower systematic risk as
well as total risk ,than the market portfolio whereas blue chip stocks portfolio has higher
systematic risk as well as total risk than that of the market portfolio. High dividend stock
portfolio has shown lower total risk per unit of average return. Regression results shows
that high dividend stocks portfolio has provided statistically significant abnormal return
whereas blue chip stocks portfolio has provided abnormal losses. The finding that high
dividend stocks portfolios outperform blue chip stocks portfolio despite of having lower
risk implies that most of the high dividend stocks are undervalued while blue chip stocks
are overvalued in Indian market. Hence there is mispricing contributing towards market
inefficiency. The research findings have important implications for small and retail
investors seeking for regular income as compare to future capital gains. Such investors
can be benefited by investing in the high dividend stocks portfolio.