Dividend Calculator
Free dividend calculator: the dividend yield and yearly income from a stock or fund, and how reinvesting dividends grows your shares and income over time.
No currency is shown on purpose: the figures come out in whatever unit you type in.
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What it does
The dividend yield is the yearly dividend divided by the share price: a share at 50 that pays 2 a year yields 4%. Reinvesting the dividends buys more shares, which pay more dividends the next time, so the income grows even if the company never raises its dividend. Share price growth and dividend growth are assumptions: neither is guaranteed.
How to use it
- Enter the share price and the dividend per share for a whole year, and the number of shares or the amount invested.
- Choose how often it pays and, if you like, the yearly growth of the dividend and of the share price, the tax and the number of years.
- Tick “Reinvest the dividends” to see the effect of buying more shares with every payment.
The arithmetic runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere and nothing is stored, so you can use these with real numbers.
Frequently asked questions
Is a high dividend yield always good?
No. The yield rises when the price falls, and a very high yield can mean the market expects the dividend to be cut. Look at whether the company earns enough to keep paying it.
What is yield on cost?
It is the yearly income divided by what you originally invested. With reinvestment and dividend growth it rises over the years even though the yield at today’s price may stay the same.
Wikipedia — Dividend yield
Wikipedia — Dividend reinvestment plan