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Dividend calculator

Enter what you invest, the share price and the yearly dividend per share. You see the yield, the income now, and what reinvesting does over time.

Your answer

Dividend yield4 %
Dividend income in the first year$400.00
Shares bought200
Each payment at first$100.00
Value of shares after 10 years$22,206.71
Dividend income in the last year$906.81
Value of your shares with dividends reinvested
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Value of your shares with dividends reinvested
YearValue of shares
0$10,000.00
1$10,811.93
2$11,694.13
3$12,653.06
4$13,695.81
5$14,830.17
6$16,064.68
7$17,408.73
8$18,872.66
9$20,467.82
10$22,206.71
  • Before tax, and assuming steady growth. Real dividends and prices go up and down, and dividends can be cut.

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How we worked it out

Updated as you change the numbers.

  1. Yield = $2.00 ÷ $50.00 = 4%.
  2. Each payment = shares × yearly dividend ÷ payments a year. Reinvested, it buys more shares at that day’s price.

Method and assumptions

Dividend yield is the yearly dividend per share divided by the share price. The projection pays dividends on schedule, reinvests them at a price that grows steadily through the year if you choose, and raises the dividend once a year.

Questions

What is the yield of a $50 stock that pays $2 a year?

4%. $10,000 buys 200 shares, which pay $400 a year, or $100 a quarter.

Sources

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