The rate of income generated by an investment is calculated by dividing the total dividend per share paid during the past one year period by the current share price, and expressing it as a percentage. Make sure you use the same unit for both dividend and share price (ie. cents and cents, or dollars and dollars).
*OK, this is actually two words 
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A Word* a Day: "Dividend Yield"
November 30th, 2006 at 02:32 pm