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Dividend per share ÷ Current share price.
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(The other component of shareholders' total returns being the expected capital growth in the value of their shareholdings.)
(The other component of shareholders' total returns being the expected capital growth in the value of their shareholdings.)


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 11:22, 12 November 2015

(DY).

Dividend per share ÷ Current share price.

Dividend yield can also be calculated as Total dividends ÷ Total current market value of equity, giving an identical result.

Dividend yield measures the income return enjoyed by shareholders on the current market value of their investments.

(The other component of shareholders' total returns being the expected capital growth in the value of their shareholdings.)


See also