Calculate a stock's dividend yield from its annual dividend per share and current price.
How It Works
How Dividend Yield Calculator Works
Dividend yield is the annual dividend per share divided by the current share price, expressed as a percentage — it tells you what percentage of the share price you're earning back each year in dividend payments alone, separate from any change in the stock's price.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does dividend yield change even if the dividend payment doesn't?
Yield is based on the current share price, which moves daily — the same dividend payment produces a higher yield when the stock price falls and a lower yield when the price rises.
Is a very high dividend yield always a good sign?
Not necessarily — an unusually high yield can signal that the stock price has dropped sharply due to problems with the company, sometimes ahead of a dividend cut, so it's worth investigating why the yield is high rather than assuming it's simply a good deal.
