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What is my dividend yield?

Type the share price and the dividend. The yield calculator shows the dividend yield, your yearly and monthly income, and the yield on what you paid.

Your numbers

Payments a year
Yield on cost
Dividend yield
4%

A $50.00 share paying $2.00 a year has a dividend yield of 4%.

Yearly dividend per share
$2.00
Your yearly dividend income
$200.00
Your income per month
$16.67
Value of your shares
$5,000.00

Dividend yield: 4%. A $50.00 share paying $2.00 a year has a dividend yield of 4%.

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How to calculate

Computes a stock’s dividend yield from the dividend per payment, the payments a year and the share price, with your yearly dividend income and your yield on cost.

Example with the default inputs (Share price $50.00, Dividend per payment $0.50, Payments a year Quarterly, Shares you own 100): A $50.00 share paying $2.00 a year has a dividend yield of 4%.

Method: yield = dividend per payment × payments a year ÷ share price × 100%.

  • The dividend stays the same for the next year (a forward yield from the latest payment).
  • You type the share price; the page fetches no prices.
  • Income is before tax. Dividends are not guaranteed: a company can cut or stop them.

Machine-readable copies: Markdown, JSON.

Worked examples

Each example is checked against the calculator on every build.

  1. Share price $50.00, Dividend per payment $0.50, Payments a year Quarterly, Shares you own 100 gives Dividend yield 4%, Yearly dividend per share $2.00, Your yearly dividend income $200.00, Your income per month $16.67, Value of your shares $5,000.00.Source: FINRA, Evaluating Performance: for stocks, yield is the year’s dividend divided by the stock’s market price (https://www.finra.org/investors/investing/investing-basics/evaluating-performance, retrieved 2026-10-02)
  2. Share price $187.43, Dividend per payment $0.26, Payments a year Quarterly, Shares you own 35, Price you paid per share $120.00 gives Dividend yield 0.5549%, Yearly dividend per share $1.04, Your yearly dividend income $36.40, Your income per month $3.03, Yield on cost 0.8667%.Source: FINRA, Evaluating Performance: for stocks, yield is the year’s dividend divided by the stock’s market price (https://www.finra.org/investors/investing/investing-basics/evaluating-performance, retrieved 2026-10-02)
  3. Share price $24.80, Dividend per payment $0.16, Payments a year Monthly gives Dividend yield 7.5%, Yearly dividend per share $1.86.Source: FINRA, Evaluating Performance: for stocks, yield is the year’s dividend divided by the stock’s market price (https://www.finra.org/investors/investing/investing-basics/evaluating-performance, retrieved 2026-10-02)
  4. Share price $80.00, Dividend per payment $0.00, Payments a year Yearly gives Dividend yield 0%, Yearly dividend per share $0.00.Source: FINRA, Evaluating Performance: for stocks, yield is the year’s dividend divided by the stock’s market price (https://www.finra.org/investors/investing/investing-basics/evaluating-performance, retrieved 2026-10-02): a stock that pays no dividend has no yield

How it works

With the share price P, the dividend per payment D, and the payments a year f (12, 4, 2 or 1):

  • Yearly dividend per share A = D × f.
  • Dividend yield = A ÷ P × 100%.
  • Your yearly dividend income = A × shares. Your income per month = A × shares ÷ 12. Value of your shares = P × shares. These three are left out when the shares box is empty.
  • Yield on cost = A ÷ (price you paid per share) × 100%. It is left out when that box is empty.

Each typed number is read as the exact decimal you typed, and each result is worked out exactly and rounded once, half up (a half rounds away from zero): the yields to 4 decimal places of a percent, the money amounts to the cent. The monthly income is rounded from the exact yearly income ÷ 12, not from the rounded yearly income.

Rules

  • The share price and the price you paid must be at least $0.0001 (and at most $10,000,000). The dividend can be $0, which gives a 0% yield.
  • The yield is a forward yield: it assumes the latest payment repeats for a year. Income is before tax.

Worked examples by hand

$50 share, $0.50 a quarter, 100 shares. A = 0.50 × 4 = $2.00. Yield = 2 ÷ 50 = 0.04 = 4%. Income = 2 × 100 = $200, or 200 ÷ 12 = 16.666… = $16.67 a month. Value = 50 × 100 = $5,000.

$187.43 share, $0.26 a quarter, 35 shares bought at $120. A = 0.26 × 4 = $1.04. Yield = 1.04 ÷ 187.43 = 0.0055487… = 0.5549%. Income = 1.04 × 35 = $36.40, or 36.40 ÷ 12 = 3.0333… = $3.03 a month. Yield on cost = 1.04 ÷ 120 = 0.0086666… = 0.8667%.

$24.80 fund paying $0.155 a month. A = 0.155 × 12 = $1.86. Yield = 1.86 ÷ 24.80 = 7.5%.

$80 stock with no dividend. A = $0, so the yield is 0%.

Other questions people ask

How do I calculate dividend yield?

Divide the yearly dividend per share by the share price and multiply by 100. A $50 share that pays $0.50 a quarter pays $2.00 a year, so its yield is 2 ÷ 50 = 4%.

What if the stock pays dividends quarterly or monthly?

Multiply one payment by the number of payments a year to get the yearly dividend first: 4 for quarterly, 12 for monthly. A fund paying $0.155 a month pays $1.86 a year.

Why does the yield change when the price changes?

The dividend is on top of the fraction and the price is below it. If the price falls and the dividend stays the same, the yield rises; if the price rises, the yield falls. FINRA notes this for stocks, bonds and funds.

What is yield on cost?

The yearly dividend per share divided by the price you paid, not today’s price. If you bought at $120 and the stock now pays $1.04 a year, your yield on cost is 0.8667%, even though the current yield at $187.43 is 0.5549%.

Is a high dividend yield always good?

No. A very high yield often means the price has fallen because investors expect a cut. Dividends are not guaranteed, and yield measures income only, not the change in the share price.

Does this use live stock prices?

No. You type the share price and the dividend, for example from your broker or the company’s announcement. The page makes no requests for quotes.

Are dividends taxed?

In a taxable US account, yes: qualified dividends at long-term capital gains rates, others at your income tax rate (IRS Topic 404). The income shown is before tax.