You are thinking far too short term. AM not paying that dividend does not mean AM is worth less. They still have the money, and even better than that, they are investing it for you. Now rather than having the money in your account, the company is worth a bit more.
yeah, I agree, but that's where the whole "knowing what the plan is" thing comes into play. Did they not know they were going to invest that money a week ago?
I am not using the dividend amount to value the company. I was using the amount of profits to estimate the weekly dividend.
Why is this important to me? Because I use dividends to buy more shares!