Managerial efforts to boost a company's stock price should entail such actions as:
a. spending amounts on corporate citizenship and social responsibility that are above the industry average boosting the company's dividend payout ratio to more than 100%, and paying off all long-term debt within two years.
b. paying off all long-term debt as rapidly as possible, keeping the company's dividend payout ratio between 25% and 50%, spending additional money on corporate citizenship and social responsibility, and maintain a credit rating that is no less than B+.
c. raising the company's dividend each year (ideally by at least $.05 per share) and repurchasing shares of common stock.
d. increasing the company's dividends each year, keeping the company's credit rating at A (or above), spending sufficient money on corporate citizenship and social responsibility to earn a Gold Star Award for Exemplary Corporate Citizenship, and issuing a sufficient number of shares of common stock to pay off all long-term debt.
e. charging a price for branded footwear that is below the industry average in all geographic regions, spending amounts on corporate citizenship and social responsibly that are below the industry average, keeping the company's image rating above 70, paying a dividend each year that equals project EPS, and repurchasing shares of common stock.
