4.28.2008

DIVIDEND YEILD

A ratio of a company's annual cash dividends divided by its current stock price expressed in the form of Percentage.
To get the expected annual cash dividend payment, take the next expected quarterly dividend payment and multiply that by four. For example, if a Rs.100 stock is expected to pay a Rs 2.5 quarterly dividend next quarter, you just multiple by 4 and then divide this by Rs.100 to give a dividend yield of 10%.
Many online quote services will include dividend yield as one of the variables.


DIVIDEND YEILD=ANNUAL DIVIDEND /PRICE