Dividend Yield Calculator
Enter the dividend per share for a year, or the total dividends you received and the number of shares, and the share price. The calculator shows the dividend yield and the income an investment of your chosen size would earn at that yield.
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Calculator and results
A dividend of ₹20.00 a share on a price of ₹1,000.00 is a yield of 2%, so ₹1,00,000 invested would earn about ₹2,000 a year in dividends if the payout stays the same.
Add up the interim and final dividends declared over the last 12 months.
Dividend yield
2%
a year, at this price
Dividend per share
₹20.00
for the year
Yearly income
₹2,000
on ₹1,00,000
Monthly average
₹167
dividends are usually paid once or twice a year
Whole shares bought
100
₹2,000 a year on these
Income is before tax and assumes the company keeps paying the same dividend, which it does not have to do. Dividends are added to your income and taxed at your slab rate.
Dividend yield
2%
- What it is:
- A calculator for the dividend yield of a share and the income it implies.
- What it calculates:
- Dividend yield, yearly and monthly income from an investment, and the whole shares it buys.
Key Assumptions
- The yearly dividend stays the same as the figure you enter.
- Income is before tax; dividends are added to your income and taxed at your slab rate.
- Brokerage and other charges on buying the shares are not included.
How does the Dividend Yield Calculator work?
Dividend per share is the total of all dividends a company paid on one share over the last year (interim and final), or your total dividends divided by the shares you held.
Dividend yield = dividend per share / share price x 100.
Income from an investment = amount invested x yield. The calculator also shows how many whole shares the amount buys and the dividend on those.
Past dividends are not promised. A company can raise, cut or skip its dividend, and a high yield can be a sign that the price has fallen.
Dividend Yield Calculator formula
Yield = DPS / P x 100; Income = Investment x Yield / 100
- DPS
- = dividend per share over a year
- P
- = share price
With total dividends instead: DPS = total dividends / number of shares held.
Dividend Yield Calculator: worked example
A share at ₹1,200 that paid ₹24 a share over the year
- Dividend yield
- 2%
- Yearly income on ₹2,00,000
- ₹4,000
- Monthly average
- ₹333
- Whole shares bought
- 166
Dividend Yield Calculator: frequently asked questions
What is a good dividend yield?
Should I use last year's dividend or the expected one?
Is dividend income taxable?
Does dividend yield show the total return?
Further reading
On the same money and the same return, a lumpsum wins on arithmetic. Why a SIP is still the right answer for most people in India.
Comprehensive comparison between Mutual Fund SIPs and Bank Fixed Deposits in India. Compare after-tax returns, volatility, inflation beating, and liquidity.
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Reviewed by Pradipta Ray, MBA (Finance) · Updated