Dividend yield calculator
Yield is annual dividend over price. Yield on cost measures it against what you actually paid.
Dividend yield
4.0000%
- Yield on cost
- 5.5000 %
- Annual dividend income
- 440.00
- Average per month
- 36.67
- Position value
- 11 000.00
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- Current share price = 55
- Annual dividend per share = 2.2
- Shares held = 200
- Price you paid = 40
- Dividend yield = 2.2 / 55 * 100 = 4
- Yield on cost = 2.2 / 40 * 100 = 5.5
- Annual dividend income = 2.2 * 200 = 440
- Average per month = 440 / 12 = 36.6667
- Position value = 55 * 200 = 11 000
Values are shown to six significant figures here; the arithmetic itself runs on exact fractions and is only rounded where a number is printed.
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The formula
- yield = annual dividend / price
- yield on cost = annual dividend / purchase price
A very high yield is often a market forecast that the dividend will be cut.
This is arithmetic, not financial advice. Real products carry fees, tax treatment and terms that no formula captures.