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  2. How To Calculate Dividend Yield and Why It Matters - AOL

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    To calculate a stock’s dividend yield, take the company’s total expected payout over the course of a year and divide that by the current stock price. ... Calculate the yields on these ...

  3. Dividend yield - Wikipedia

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    The dividend yield of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is obtained from the annual dividends of all 30 companies in the average divided by their cumulative stock price, has also been considered to be an important indicator of the strength of the U.S. stock market. Historically, the Dow Jones dividend yield has fluctuated between 3.2% ...

  4. Dividend payout ratio - Wikipedia

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    The dividend payout ratio is calculated as DPS/EPS. According to Financial Accounting by Walter T. Harrison, the calculation for the payout ratio is as follows: Payout Ratio = (Dividends - Preferred Stock Dividends)/Net Income. The dividend yield is given by earnings yield times the dividend payout ratio:

  5. Common stock dividend - Wikipedia

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    A common stock dividend is the dividend paid to common stock owners from the profits of the company. Like other dividends, the payout is in the form of either cash or stock. The law may regulate the size of the common stock dividend particularly when the payout is a cash distribution tantamount to a liquidati

  6. Learning Mathanese: How to Calculate the Dividend Yield - AOL

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    Math. So intimidating is this four-letter word that people do everything they can to avoid it, even when they know that doing so puts their financial well-being in peril. Wait! Don't click away.

  7. Stock duration - Wikipedia

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    The present value or value, i.e., the hypothetical fair price of a stock according to the Dividend Discount Model, is the sum of the present values of all its dividends in perpetuity. The simplest version of the model assumes constant growth, constant discount rate and constant dividend yield in perpetuity. Then the present value of the stock is

  8. Forward price - Wikipedia

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    The forward price (or sometimes forward rate) is the agreed upon price of an asset in a forward contract. [1] [2] Using the rational pricing assumption, for a forward contract on an underlying asset that is tradeable, the forward price can be expressed in terms of the spot price and any dividends.

  9. Return on equity - Wikipedia

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    The return on equity (ROE) is a measure of the profitability of a business in relation to its equity; [1] where: . ROE = ⁠ Net Income / Average Shareholders' Equity ⁠ [1] Thus, ROE is equal to a fiscal year's net income (after preferred stock dividends, before common stock dividends), divided by total equity (excluding preferred shares), expressed as a percentage.