A stock's dividend yield is the expected
yearly dividend divided by the current stock price:
The current dividend is expressed in the «yield metric» — which is
the yearly dividend divided by its yearly stock price.
Not exact matches
Divide the total
yearly dividend by the EPS to get the earnings payout ratio.
It's also worthwhile to
divide the total
yearly dividend by the per - share free cash flow to get the FCF payout ratio.
A reasonable
dividend yield: You can identify income stocks by their high
dividend yields (the percentage you get when you
divide a company's current
yearly payment by its share price).
Nor should you be tempted solely by a high
dividend yield (the percentage you get when you
divide a company's current
yearly payment by its share price).
However, it's important to avoid judging a company based solely on its
dividend yield (the percentage you get when you
divide a company's current
yearly payment by its share price).
Be wary of any blue chip stocks with unusually high
dividend yields: Investors should avoid judging a company based solely on its
dividend yield (the percentage you get when you
divide a company's current
yearly payment by its share price).
A
dividend yield is the percentage you get when you
divide a stock's current
yearly dividend payment by its price.
It is the percentage you get when you
divide the current
yearly dividend payment by the share price of the investment.
On stock, calculated by
dividing yearly dividend by market price; on bonds, by
dividing the coupon by market price.