Input discipline
Match the dividend amount to its frequency.
Enter one payment per share and then its annual frequency. Do not enter an annual dividend with quarterly frequency or the result will be four times too high.
Portfolio income
Dividend Income Calculator
Annualize an entered dividend, estimate income for a holding and calculate its indicated dividend yield.
Indicated annual income—
Indicated dividend yield—
Position value—
Annualized from the entered payment
Income per payment—
Monthly average—
Annual dividend per share—
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Formula
annual income = shares × dividend per payment × payments per year. Indicated yield divides annualized dividend per share by current share price.
Interpretation
Dividend yield is an income rate, not total return.
Price changes, fees and reinvestment can make total return very different from the indicated yield. A company or fund can also change or stop distributions.
Source
Dividends are distributions, not promises.
Investor.gov defines a dividend as a portion of company profit paid to shareholders. FINRA notes that investors may take dividends in cash or reinvest them.