Dividend Yield Calculator
Turn a share price and its dividends into a yield, your expected annual income and your yield on cost.
Dividend Yield Calculator
Last 4 Quarterly Dividends (per share)
Dividend Yield
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Annual Dividend per Share
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Annual Income (your shares)
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Average Monthly Income
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Yield on Cost
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Yield comparison
Assumptions & method
- Dividend yield = annual dividend per share ÷ current share price × 100.
- Trailing yield uses dividends already paid: either the sum of your four quarterly entries or a trailing annual total you enter. Forward yield assumes the next payment repeats: dividend per payment × payments per year.
- Annual income = annual dividend per share × shares owned. Yield on cost = annual dividend per share ÷ your average purchase price × 100.
- Dividends are assumed constant and are not reinvested. Companies can cut, raise or suspend dividends at any time, so a forward yield is an assumption, not a promise. Taxes and withholding are not deducted.
Results are estimates based on the figures you enter, not guarantees of future performance. Figures are shown in ₹ for consistency across this site; the maths works for any currency.
Annual Dividend Income Breakdown
What is dividend yield?
Dividend yield expresses the cash dividends a company pays per share as a percentage of its share price. It is a quick way to compare the income from different stocks or funds, and to see how much cash a holding might generate relative to what it costs today.
Be careful with very high yields. A yield can look large simply because the price has fallen, which sometimes signals the market expects a dividend cut. Trailing yield looks back at what was paid, forward yield looks ahead at what may be paid. Yield on cost compares the dividend with what you originally paid, so it rises over time as dividends grow.