Abstract :
Dividend policy is the use of net profit after tax will be distributed to shareholders and how
much equity in net income that will be used to finance the company's investment. Optimal
dividend policy is a dividend policy that creates a balance between current dividends and
growth in the future so as to maximize the company's stock price. The purpose of this study was
to analyze the influence of Free Cash Flow (FCF) and Ownership Structure consisting of
Institutional Ownership, Family Ownership and Foreign Ownership of Dividend Payout Ratio
(DPR) on the manufacturing company in Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2011-2013. The
research methodology used is descriptive analysis method and statistical analysis methods.
The data used is secondary data with 173 research data used as the sample. Hypothesis testing
is done by using multiple regression analysis. Results of regression analysis showed that the
free cash flow, family ownership and foreign ownership has positive influence on the dividend
payout ratio. While institutional ownership does not negatively affect the dividend payout ratio.
Keywords : dividend policy, free cash flow, the structure of ownership, institutional ownership,
family ownership, foreign ownership, the dividend payout ratio.