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  2. 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% ...

  3. Should You Buy 3 of the Highest-Paying Dividend Stocks ... - AOL

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    Here are three companies with some of the fattest dividend yields in the Nasdaq stock market. 1. AGNC Investment. AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC) recently sported a dividend yield of 15%. That's ...

  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. 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

  6. 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.

  7. Shareholder yield - Wikipedia

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    The thesis of the Shareholder Yield book is that a more holistic approach, incorporating both cash dividends and net stock buybacks, is a superior way to sort and own stocks. It is important to include share issuance in the net stock buybacks equation as many companies consistently dilute their shareholders with share issuance often due to ...

  8. Dividend - Wikipedia

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    A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders, after which the stock exchange decreases the price of the stock by the dividend to remove volatility. The market has no control over the stock price on open on the ex-dividend date, though more often than not it may open higher. [ 1 ]

  9. Total shareholder return - Wikipedia

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    Total shareholder return (TSR) (or simply total return) is a measure of the performance of different companies' stocks and shares over time. It combines share price appreciation and dividends paid to show the total return to the shareholder expressed as an annualized percentage.