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Dividend Yield

Noun
US US /ˈdɪvɪdend jiːld/ GB UK /ˈdɪvɪdend jiːld/
Finance Investment & Markets intermediate

Definition

Annual dividend per share divided by share price, expressed as percentage.

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Example

Investors use Dividend Yield to evaluate securities and make portfolio decisions.

In Practice

Also known as: Dividend Rate. Closely related to Dividend, Return.

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Case Study

Dividend Yield - key concept in Investment & Markets.

Word Usage

Income investing; Value stocks; Retirement

Finance Investment & Markets

Use Case

Applied in Investment & Markets contexts: Income investing; Value stocks

Also Known As

investment-markets

Synonyms

Dividend Rate

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