If I had to guess, I would say the crossover point
in dividends per year will be more like 10 - 12 years out, not 8 years.
The next 12 months» projected dividends show the rate at which the portfolio is currently
generating dividends per year, based on information known now.
With the 2
special dividends per year, assuming they maintain that practice, MAIN's payment schedule will be 12 monthly + 2 supplemental = 14 payments per year.
Multiply by the 5 shares I bought, and you get $ 26.40 more in
dividends per year flowing into the portfolio (the slight dollar difference from the dashboard is a result of rounding).
If a company pays $ 1
in dividends per year and it is currently trading at $ 10 / share, the current dividend yield is 10 %.
If you purchase a stock for $ 100 and it pays out $ 10 in
dividends per year, it has a dividend yield of 10 %.
With this in mind if we were to receive $ 100,000 in
dividends per year, we would have to have $ 5 million invested in the S&P 500 index or equivalent yielding portfolio of companies.
• A stock with a higher yield gets a significant head start in delivering
both dividends per year and cumulative dividends over many years.
So Starbucks» higher growth does eventually win out in
both dividends per year (Year 10) and cumulative dividends (Year 15).
dividends per year, no need to pay income tax on that?)
at 5 %, that generated $ 25,000 in
dividends per year, and in ontario, that is basically tax free because of the dividend tax credit.
Most REITs are paying between 6 % and 8 %
dividends per year, says NAREIT, which are the kind of returns that retirees would love to see.