Markets & Investing
Dividend yield and income
Use this dividend yield and income calculator to compare entered annual dividends with current price and acquisition cost.
Your inputs
Complete only the fields for your selected method. Use one consistent job or reporting period. Zero means intentionally zero, not unknown. Missing costs and market rates are not added automatically. Currency selection labels amounts; it does not convert exchange rates.
How this calculation works
current yield = annual dividend per share / current share price; yield on cost = annual dividend / acquisition price
Choose either actual trailing-12-month dividends or an explicitly assumed future annual amount. Do not mix quarterly and annual figures. Dividends can be cut or suspended; no growth, taxes or reinvestment are assumed. Educational arithmetic from entered figures, not an investment recommendation, valuation opinion, forecast or guarantee. Taxes, inflation and foreign-exchange changes are excluded unless explicitly entered. Use one currency throughout; currency selection only changes labels.
What information do I need?
Use records for the same job, equipment or accounting period. Only the fields for your selected entry method are required. An unknown amount is not zero.
Input definitions and where to find them
- Annual dividend per share on your chosen basis (selected currency): Use matching records or an explicitly identified assumption for annual dividend per share on your chosen basis. Unknown is not the same as zero.
- Current or comparison share price (selected currency): Use matching records or an explicitly identified assumption for current or comparison share price. Unknown is not the same as zero.
- Acquisition cost per share including fees (selected currency): Use matching records or an explicitly identified assumption for acquisition cost per share including fees. Unknown is not the same as zero.
- Number of shares (shares): Use matching records or an explicitly identified assumption for number of shares. Unknown is not the same as zero.
Use the Where to find this value controls beside the inputs for available work-it-out helpers. Estimates remain your assumptions; a helper does not verify the source figures.
Worked example
Example amounts use US dollars (USD).
Example answer: Dividend yield on comparison price is 4.0000 % for the illustrative inputs below.
Example inputs
- Annual dividend per share on your chosen basis: $1.00
- Current or comparison share price: $25.00
- Acquisition cost per share including fees: $20.00
- Number of shares: 100.00 shares
- Dividend yield on comparison price
- 4.0000 %
- Dividend yield on acquisition cost
- 5.0000 %
- Annual dividend income at entered rate
- $100.00
These illustrative values are not recommended rates or industry averages. Replace every example input with your own figures.
Use the result well
Use this dividend yield and income calculator to compare entered annual dividends with current price and acquisition cost.
Keep inputs on the same scope and time basis. Calculations retain precision internally; displayed values generally round to two decimal places, with extra precision for very small values and whole-unit rounding where required. Economic comparisons describe your supplied assumptions and do not guarantee future results.
This tool provides business arithmetic. It does not approve engineering designs, establish legal or tax treatment, select equipment or certify safe operating conditions.