Dividend Yield Calculator
Investing & MarketsCalculate a stock dividend yield from its annual dividend payment and current price.
Dividend Yield
The annualized dividend yield, expressed as a percentage of the current stock price.
Annual Dividend
$2.40
The dividend per period, annualized based on the selected payment frequency.
Total Annual Dividend Income
$0.00
Your total annual dividend income across all shares. $0 if you haven't entered a share count.
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SponsoredDividend yield measures how much cash income a stock pays you each year relative to its current share price, expressed as a percentage. The formula is your annual dividend divided by the current stock price. This calculator handles the annualizing for you, so you can enter whatever dividend per period you actually know, whether that's paid annually, semi-annually, quarterly, or monthly.
Dividend yield works the same way for any dividend-paying investment, a stock, an ETF, a REIT, or a mutual fund. It only needs two real numbers to work out the percentage: how much cash you receive per period, and what the investment costs today. Add how many shares you own and it will also show your total dollar dividend income, not just the percentage.
This calculator shows a single point-in-time snapshot, the yield based on the numbers you enter right now. It doesn't project how your income would grow over years of reinvested dividends and rising payouts; if you're planning a long-term dividend investing strategy, our Dollar-Cost Averaging Calculator handles recurring investment growth over time.
Because yield moves with price, a rising yield can mean either a company raising its dividend or its stock price falling, and those are very different situations. Always check whether a high yield is backed by a sustainable payout before treating it as free money.
Dividend Yield Formula: How to Calculate It
The dividend yield formula is: Dividend Yield = Annual Dividend / Stock Price x 100. If your dividend isn't already an annual figure, multiply it by how many times a year it's paid first: annual, once; semi-annual, twice; quarterly, four times; monthly, twelve times.
Example: a stock pays $0.60 per quarter and trades at $80 a share. The annual dividend is $0.60 x 4 = $2.40, and the dividend yield is $2.40 / $80 x 100 = 3%.
Example: a stock pays $0.15 a month and trades at $36 a share. The annual dividend is $0.15 x 12 = $1.80, and the dividend yield is $1.80 / $36 x 100 = 5%.
- Enter how much the stock actually pays per period, not an annualized figure you calculated by hand.
- Select how often it pays: annually, semi-annually, quarterly, or monthly.
- Enter the current stock price.
- The calculator annualizes the dividend and divides by price for you.
- Optionally enter how many shares you own to also see your total annual dividend income in dollars, not just the percentage yield.
What Counts as a Good Dividend Yield?
Most steady, established dividend payers yield somewhere around 2% to 4%. A yield above roughly 6% to 8% is worth a second look before treating it as a bargain: it can mean the market expects a dividend cut, or that the stock price has already dropped sharply for reasons unrelated to the dividend itself.
Since yield alone doesn't tell you whether a payout is sustainable, check the dividend payout ratio, dividends paid divided by net income, before trusting a high number. A payout ratio under roughly 60% generally leaves room to keep paying and growing the dividend through a rough patch, while a ratio near or above 100% means the company is paying out more than it earns. REITs and many utilities are a real exception: they sustainably run high payout ratios by design, so a REIT paying out 90% of income isn't automatically a red flag the way it would be for a typical company. Our Dividend Payout Ratio Calculator works this out directly from a company's total dividends paid and net income.
Beyond a Single Yield Snapshot
Dividend yield is one snapshot metric, not the whole picture. If you want to know whether a stock is fairly priced beyond its yield alone, our Dividend Discount Model Calculator estimates a stock's intrinsic value based on its expected dividend growth and your required rate of return.
This calculator also doesn't project how your income or holdings would grow over time from reinvested dividends and rising payouts, since that requires a growth rate and a time horizon rather than a single price and dividend snapshot. Our Dollar-Cost Averaging Calculator is the closest tool on this site for modeling regular investing over time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a high dividend yield always good?
Not necessarily. An unusually high yield can result from a falling stock price reflecting underlying business problems, so it's worth checking whether the dividend is sustainable based on the company's earnings and payout ratio before assuming it's a good deal.
Does dividend yield change even if the dividend payment stays the same?
Yes. Since yield is calculated relative to stock price, the yield rises when the stock price falls and falls when the stock price rises, even with no change to the actual dividend payment amount.
Can dividend yield be negative?
No. Since neither the dividend amount nor the stock price can be negative, dividend yield can't be negative either. A yield of 0% simply means the stock currently pays no dividend.
What's the difference between forward and trailing dividend yield?
Trailing yield uses the dividends actually paid over the last 12 months. Forward yield uses the most recently announced dividend rate projected forward, which better reflects a recent increase or cut. This calculator computes whichever one you feed it, depending on whether you enter the trailing or the most recently announced dividend amount.
Is dividend yield the same as yield on cost?
No. Dividend yield divides the annual dividend by the current stock price. Yield on cost divides the same annual dividend by the price you originally paid for the stock, which can be very different from today's price if you've held the stock for a while and the price has moved.
Are dividends taxed the same as regular income?
Not always. Qualified dividends, which meet certain IRS holding-period requirements, are generally taxed at the lower long-term capital gains rate, while non-qualified (ordinary) dividends are taxed as regular income. The exact rate depends on your income and filing status.
Does this calculator account for reinvesting dividends or dividend growth over time?
No. This calculator shows a single point-in-time yield based on the dividend and price you enter. It doesn't project future income from reinvested dividends, dividend increases, or stock price appreciation over a multi-year holding period.
How much dividend income will I actually receive?
Enter your number of shares owned and the calculator multiplies it by the annualized dividend to show your total annual dividend income in dollars, in addition to the percentage yield. Leave it blank and it shows $0, since the calculator doesn't assume a share count on your behalf.
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