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 Dividend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When dividends are paid, shareholders in many countries suffer from double taxation of those dividends: the company pays income tax to the government when it earns any income, and then when the dividend is paid, the individual shareholder pays income tax on the dividend payment.
Unlike joint stock company dividends, these payments are made in proportion to a members' spending with the co-operative society, not the number of shares they hold in it.
Paying dividends reduces the amount of cash available to the business, but the distribution of profit to the owners is, after all, the purpose of the business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividend   (1266 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Business
Dividend yield of a stock is a measure of its dividend return as a percentage of the current market price of the stock.
Dividend yield mutual fund schemes invest in stocks, which have a high dividend yield.
Stocks with a good dividend paying history are generally less volatile, particularly in the downward direction, when the market nosedives.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060220/asp/business/story_5869981.asp   (231 words)

  
 Dividend Valuation Waves
Dividends are simply cash payments made to the owners of one type of business entity, the ubiquitous corporation.
Dividend yields alone would have provided contrarians with all the correct guidance they needed to sell high in the midst of a frenzy when the rest of the equity world was blinded by vast greed.
The corporate owners, thanks to the immoral dividend double taxation, were forced to pay $577,500 in taxes on their original $1,000,000 in profits.
http://www.zealllc.com/2003/dividend.htm   (3351 words)

  
 The best dividend-yielding stocks
The fund notes that higher dividend yields are usually associated with companies which are profitable with stable cash generation.
To ensure that their dividend yield is sustainable, the research report has discounted any special dividends and one-time dividends declared by them.
Dividends are the best form of earning returns on a stock whether or not it provides capital appreciation.
http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/aug/29stocks.htm   (705 words)

  
 Ideas & Screening Reuters.com
Whether you stress dividend yield or dividend growth, you should be sensitive to the level of the company's Payout Ratio, the percent of Net Income that is paid to shareholders as Dividends.
The Dividend Yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividend per share by the price of the stock.
Assuming yields on these stocks will typically be lower than what you would expect within the utility sector, it would still be reasonable for you to seek stocks whose yields are higher than their respective Industry and Sector averages.
http://www.investor.reuters.com/Article.aspx?docid=7267&target=economicview   (1240 words)

  
 How good is UTI-Dividend Yield Fund
Dividend yield is defined as the dividend per share divided by the share's market price at the time of investment.
The fund has defined dividend yield as "high" if the same is greater that the dividend yield of the Nifty last released/published by NSE (approximately 2.50% according to the fund house).
The investment objective of the Scheme is "to provide medium to long term capital gains and/or dividend distribution by investing predominantly in equity and equity related instruments, which offer high dividend yield.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/apr/22perfin2.htm   (524 words)

  
 Financial Ratio Analysis - Dividend Yield
A yield of 1.63% is not that high but there are shareholders who only paid 79.75 pence per share for their investment so their dividend yield is 1.85%; but others have paid as much as 195 pence per share for their shares, so their dividend yield is only 0.75%.
The dividend yield ratio allows investors to compare the latest dividend they received with the current market value of the share as an indictor of the return they are earning on their shares.
It is common for newspapers and others to calculate the dividend yield automatically as part of their offerings.
http://www.bized.ac.uk/compfact/ratios/investor8.htm   (481 words)

  
 Dividend-yield stocks the best bet
It is calculated as the ratio (expressed as percentage) of total dividend per share declared for previous accounting year to the market price of the share at the time of investment.
Currently, there are three dividend yield funds available- one each from Birla, Tata and Principal.
Today, while investors in equity are looking to protect their portfolios from capital erosion, debt investors are looking to add a booster dose to their diminishing debt income.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/oct/19perfin.htm   (363 words)

  
 Yield
A bond's yield to maturity (YTM) is the internal rate of return an investor would achieve if she purchased that bond at its current dirty price and held it to maturity, assuming all coupon and principal payments are received as scheduled.
Yield is a financial concept with archaic origins.
The numerator is calculated as the value of the most recently declared dividend multiplied by the number of times a dividend is payable a year.
http://www.riskglossary.com/articles/yield.htm   (1345 words)

  
 Dividend Yield for S&P 500 Stocks, Sorted by Yield - indexArb.com
Therefore, if you calculate the dividend yield by dividing the estimated dividend by the price using the rounded amounts in the table, you might get slightly different values.
Most companies pay dividends on a quarterly frequency; some pay annually or semi-annually.
Otherwise, the most recent (perceived) dividend policy is extended.
http://www.indexarb.com/dividendYieldSortedsp.html   (265 words)

  
 James K. Glassman on Dividend-Paying Stocks on NRO Financial
Since dividends are taxed at both the corporate and personal level, the government's take can be as much as 60% on the profits used for the payout.
A big story in recent years has been the dwindling dividend yield — that is, the percentage of a company's stock price represented by its dividend.
Suddenly, many of the very best companies are providing dividend yields greater than at any time since the mid-1990s — greater, in fact, than the interest rates on short-term Treasury securities.
http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_glassman/glassman083002.asp   (1899 words)

  
 Stingy Investor: High Dividend Yield
Dividend yield is usually based on last year's dividend divided by the current stock price.
Canadian dividends are taxed more favorably than interest from GICs but dividends may be reduced and the initial investment is not guaranteed.
One possible reason for the lackluster performance of the highest yielding stocks is that there is an increased risk that they will cut their dividend.
http://www.ndir.com/SI/strategy/dogs.shtml   (1368 words)

  
 401khelpcenter.com - Glossary of 401k, Retirement, and Investment Terms
Dividends to common-stock shareholders may be withheld if business is poor or if the corporation's directors decide to retain earnings to invest in business operations.
A dividend is usually a portion of profits.
Annual income (interest or dividends) divided by the current price of the security.
http://www.401khelpcenter.com/glossary.html   (1817 words)

  
 Think twice before chasing dividends - May. 29, 2003
Dividend taxes are slated to revert to current levels in 2009.
Denney said that what's more likely to happen as a result of the tax changes is that companies that don't issue dividends may start doing so and that companies with small yields could increase their payouts.
Stocks that pay dividends enjoyed a substantial run-up at the end of last year on anticipation of some sort of dividend tax relief.
http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/23/markets/dividends   (778 words)

  
 World Economy in Transition: Explaining the Dividend Yield in the United States - Finance & Development - December 1997
That is, a low dividend yield (high stock prices relative to current dividends) could mean that high dividends are expected in the future, or that investors, viewed collectively, have a high tolerance for risk, or that risk is low.
Percent of the actual change in the dividend yield that can be explained by the variables or variable.
For example, the inflation rate makes a negative contribution (that is, it predicts that the dividend yield should have increased); the real interest rate explains about 12 percent of the decline in the dividend yield; and mutual fund flows explain about 74 percent of the decline in the dividend yield.
http://www.worldbank.org/fandd/english/1297/articles/0151297.htm   (1248 words)

  
 Wilmott Forums - From discrete dividends to continuous
Then dividend yield is defintely not 2% if you need to price a 6-mth option, but should be 4%.
A better approach for long-term option valuation is to divide the average annual dividend by the average stock price over a period in the past (three or five years is common, but you should make sure there are no major restructurings or changes in policy during that period).
Suppose the quarterly dividend is is $X. Then, as Aaron suggests, the annualized dividend yield is 4*X/(underlying price).
http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=2991   (690 words)

  
 High yield stocks
The dividend yield can be an indication of corporate stability; the company is on solid financial ground and has cash to distribute to shareholders.
Stocks that pay hefty dividends have long been a favorite of older investors who are often looking for an income stream that leaves untouched the principal investment, allowing it to grow.
President Bush is proposing that the tax on dividends be eliminated.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/investing/20030110a.asp   (1251 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Asia
The dividend yield, based on payouts such as this by the Jakarta Composite's members, is 3.86 percent.
Giordano's dividend yield, for instance, exceeds a benchmark rate of 0.8 percent on three-month bank deposits in Hong Kong.
Asian companies are boosting dividends as their business recovers from the region's 1997-98 financial crisis, Rosgen wrote in his report.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aDEQtzJJImLk&refer=asia   (984 words)

  
 Dividends
A stockholder is attracted to firms that have dividend policies appropriate to the stockholders' tax environment.
The stock dividend is generally 7% to 13% greater than the cash dividend.
The first transaction represented a buy of 5.5 million shares at $27.25 by a Japanese insurance company (which were then obligated to pay yields of 7-8% to their policy holders from dividend income) from a U.S. pension fund.
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/lectures/dividend.html   (2051 words)

  
 Wilmott Forums - Equity Risk Premium, Duration and Dividend Yield
The conclusion that dividend yields should decline to zero under the current regime follows directly from the assumption that rates of return on equity are constant.
When investors can vote on company policies, then, effectively, the dividend yield they receive is one that they have set out themselves.
For example, return on equity (equation 3.1) defines dividends as any distributions delivered pro rata to shareholders, including spin-offs, stock dividends, buyouts for cash or securities.
http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=4222   (2322 words)

  
 Dividend Yield
The problem with dividends is that they are taxed as ordinary income, whereas if you make a profit from selling a stock for a higher price than you paid for it, you are taxed at a capital gains rate, which is lower, especially if your holding period is 18 months or more.
Believe it or not, this was not always the case; until the 1950s, the yield on stocks was greater than the yield on bonds (the yield on the 30 year treasury is a little less than 6%, about 3 times the yield on stocks).
The current thinking on Wall Street is that dividends are low not because the market is overvalued, but because corporations are smart and have responded to changes in the tax code by boosting the value of their shares, not paying out cash dividends.
http://www.vakkur.com/financial/div_yld.htm   (1108 words)

  
 PowerShares - PEY - High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers
The Mergent Dividend Achievers™ 50 index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown nor does the Index lend securities, and no revenues from securities lending were added to the performance shown.
The results assume that no cash was added to or assets withdrawn from the hypothetical investment and that all dividends, gains and other earnings in the account were reinvested in accordance with the Index’s rules.
The PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ seeks to replicate, before fees and expenses, the Mergent Dividend Achievers™ 50 Index which is comprised of the fifty highest yielding companies with at least ten years of consecutive dividend increases.
http://www.powershares.com/peyfund.asp   (754 words)

  
 Dividend Discount Model
DDM calculates the present value of the future dividends that a company is expected to pay its shareholders.
First, the current dividend yield must be greater than 4%.
DDM can also calculate the expected return implied by the current dividend yield and projected dividend growth.
http://www.dividenddiscountmodel.com   (191 words)

  
 UTI Dividend Yield Fund declares 7% dividend - Sify.com
The investment objective of the scheme is to provide medium to long-term capital gains and / or dividend distribution by investing predominantly in equity and equity related instruments, which offer high dividend yield.
UTI-Dividend Yield Fund is an open-ended equity oriented scheme.
All unitholders registered under the dividend option of UTI Dividend Yield Fund as on February 27, 2006 will be eligible for this dividend.
http://sify.com/finance/smartmoney/news/fullstory.php?id=14143001   (282 words)

  
 Searching for stable dividends - Sep. 9, 2002
Linda Duessel, manager of the Federated Equity Income fund, says that financially strong companies with little debt are the companies that are in the best position to increase their dividend.
Companies that have increased their dividend steadily throughout the past few years are likely to keep doing so, says Jim Denney, manager of the Electric City Dividend Growth fund, a fund run by money management firm Mohawk Asset Management.
Dividend paying stocks have been embraced by investors as of late because they offer added income, similar to bonds.
http://money.cnn.com/2002/09/09/pf/investing/q_dividends   (1087 words)

  
 Dividend Stocks Pay Off - Forbes.com
Obviously when the yield was high, it would be time to buy the stock, and when the yield was low, it was time to consider selling.
Companies are very loath to lower their dividends, because it affects their bond rating, their ability to borrow money and the quality ratings of their stock.
But it was the repetition of the high yield that would indicate an undervalued area (time to buy) and the repetition of a low yield that would indicate an overvalued area (time to sell).
http://www.forbes.com/newsletter/2002/02/12/0212adviser.html   (2908 words)

  
 Merton Option Pricing Formula
Often a dividend payment will be scheduled during the life of an option, but the amount of the payment has not yet been announced.
For individual stocks, which typically distribute dividends in two payments each year, it is more problematic.
Otherwise, calculate the stock's dividend yield through expiration and annualize.
http://www.riskglossary.com/articles/merton_1973.htm   (469 words)

  
 Dividend Yield Physics [Fool.com: Motley Fool Take] December 20, 2005
Imagine the dividend yield as the fraction it is -- the dollar amount of the annual dividend on top (the numerator) and the current share price on the bottom (the denominator).
One way to take advantage of the power of dividends is through "Drips" (direct investing plans, or dividend reinvestment plans).
Drop the share price to $75 and the yield jumps to 4% (3 divided by 75 equals 0.04, or 4%).
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05122002.htm   (362 words)

  
 Dividend Yield
Dividend yield is a way to measure how much cash flow you are getting for each dollar invested in an equity position - in other words, how much "bang for your buck" you are getting from dividends.
In the absence of any capital gains, the dividend yield is the return on investment for a stock.
Investors who require a minimum stream of cash flow from their investment portfolio can secure this cash flow by investing in stocks paying relatively high, stable, dividend yields.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dividendyield.asp   (309 words)

  
 Dividend yield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The importance of the dividend yield in determining investment strength is still a debated topic.
Over the following 16 years, the dividend yield declined to just 1.4% during 1998, because stock prices increased faster than dividend payments from earnings, and public company earnings increased slower than stock prices.
The dividend yield on a company stock is the company's annual dividend payments divided by its market cap, or the dividend per share divided by the price per share.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividend_yield   (402 words)

  
 Realty Income - More on Dividends
We have paid monthly dividends throughout our 37-year operating history and have regularly increased the amount of the monthly dividend since becoming a public company in 1994.
Due to the costs involved and the limited number of shareholders who would like to reinvest dividends and don't have access to a brokerage account, Realty Income has no plans to implement a corporate dividend reinvestment plan.
Our shareholders and investors receive dependable monthly income that can be used to improve and enrich their quality of life.
http://www.realtyincome.com/investing/dividends.html   (264 words)

  
 Forbes.com: The Lure Of Dividend-Paying Stocks
The company has a payout (dividend divided by net profits) of 42% and a yield of 2.3%.
A 2% dividend yield may not sound like much, but over the long term it can pay to invest in a company that has a history of consistently raising its dividend.
Pentair has a 2% dividend yield and sells for 16 times 2002 earnings, which analysts predict will increase 19% over expected 2001 results.
http://www.forbes.com/2001/11/30/1130sf.html   (634 words)

  
 05/11/19 COMMENTARY: DOES THE DIVIDEND YIELD EVEN MATTER?
Up until the 1950s, common-stock dividend yields were higher than government bond yields.
The return on any stock is made up of dividend payments and capital appreciation.
It may even correct somewhat, and investors may flee to Treasury bonds, whose yields are currently four percentage points above dividend yields.
http://www.businessweek.com/@@ci4P2ocQznvlrQYA/1998/19/b3577059.htm   (487 words)

  
 Principal PNB Dividend Yield Fund: Hold - Sify.com
The fund's sector-wise choice of dividend yield stocks appears to have impacted its performance.
With an absolute return of about 40 per cent, the Principal PNB Dividend Yield Fund has lagged its benchmark S&P CNX-500 as well as its peer Birla Dividend Yield Fund in the 11 months since its launch.
Fund facts: Launched in October 2004, the Principal PNB Dividend Yield Fund now manages assets of about Rs 250 crore.
http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13942404   (539 words)

  
 SSRN-Risk, Mispricing, and Asset Allocation: Conditioning on Dividend Yield by Jay Shanken, Ane Tamayo
Extending the work on asset allocation and dividend yield by Kandel and Stambaugh (1996) to accommodate variation in risk as well as expected return, we develop Bayesian methods to examine the interaction between the data and an investor's initial beliefs about the sources of return predictability.
In the asset pricing literature, time-variation in market expected excess return captured by financial ratios like dividend yield is typically viewed as a reflection of either changing risk, related to the business cycle, or irrational mispricing.
Shanken, Jay A. and Tamayo, Ane Miren, "Risk, Mispricing, and Asset Allocation: Conditioning on Dividend Yield" (December 2001).
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=294104   (398 words)

  
 Times of Oman
Traditionally, for investors and shareholders, a higher dividend yield is considered desirable, as it measures the cash flow that an investor is getting for each dollar he invested.
Investors, in general, to maintain a good cash flow in the form of dividends, will invest in stocks that can pay relatively high and stable dividend yields.
Market-men and analysts should evaluate it and educate investors at large,” a senior investment banker told Times Business.
http://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=26844&pn=local   (575 words)

  
 Dogs of the Dow - High dividend yield Dow stocks - www.dogsofthedow.com
dividend, dividend yield, value stocks, undervalued, contrarian investing, blue chip stocks, etc.) or just a general investment related term (i.e.
PE ratio, earnings yield, ex-dividend date, January effect, brokerage account, etc.) try our Investor Glossary.
Find out with our exclusive list of Top Dog Brokers & Broker Reviews.
http://www.dogsofthedow.com   (640 words)

  
 ETFConnect - Fund Quick Facts - PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio - PEY
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Dividend Achievers 50 Index.
The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in dividend paying common stocks that comprise the Dividend Achievers 50 Index.
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that have a consistent record of dividend increases.
http://www.etfconnect.com/select/fundPages/us.asp?MFID=138317   (616 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE / CORRECTION - LSB Corporation Dividend Yield 3.29%
The Board voted to pay a cash dividend of $0.14 per share on its outstanding shares of common stock payable on May 26, 2005, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 12, 2005.
NORTH ANDOVER, MA -- 04/29/2005 -- LSB Corporation, (NASDAQ: LSBX), today announced the Board of Directors of LSB Corporation declared a dividend to shareholders on April 28, 2005.
LSB Corporation is the parent holding company of its wholly owned subsidiary Lawrence Savings Bank located in North Andover, Massachusetts, an Equal Housing Lender and Member, FDIC/Depositors Insurance Fund.
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=85708   (159 words)

  
 Fool.com: Yield-Based Valuations [Valuation]
A dividend yield is the percentage of a company's stock price that it pays out as dividends over the course of a year.
Some, like Geraldine Weiss, actually invest in stocks based on what yield they should have.
For example, if a company pays $1.00 in dividends per quarter and it is trading at $100, it has a dividend yield of 4%.
http://www.fool.com/School/YieldBasedValuations.htm   (231 words)

  
 From dividend yield to discounted cash flow: a history of UK and US equity valuation techniques
The article concludes with a discussion of the relatively slow introduction of the dividend discount model and of discounted cash flow as equity valuation tools on both sides of the Atlantic.
The history of equity valuation is described, from its early origins during the South Sea Bubble, through the new issue boom of the nineteenth century and the stock market booms of the 1920s and 1950s.
From dividend yield to discounted cash flow: a history of UK and US equity valuation techniques
http://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/acbsfi/v14y2004i2p115-149.html   (323 words)

  
 What Is The Dividend Yield On A Stock?
Dividends paid by a corporation can make up a significant portion of the cash flow generated by a stock purchase.
Any rate of return entered into the calculator to project future values should be a reasonable average return for the period.
Use this calculator to help determine your pre-tax and after-tax yield on a particular stock.
http://www.fincalc.com/inv_11.asp?id=12221   (189 words)

  
 The Hindu Business Line : Dividend yield strategy — BSE-100's dogs finish on top
For the third in a row, a strategy of investing in the top dividend yielding stocks of BSE-100 has delivered better returns than that of an average mutual fund.
OR the third year in a row, a strategy based on investing in the top dividend yielding stocks of BSE-100 has delivered better returns than that of an average mutual fund.
The strategy is exposed to the same set of risks that they were in 2004; Investors have been bidding up stocks that provide high dividend yield over 2003 and 2004.
http://www.blonnet.com/iw/2005/01/02/stories/2005010200210600.htm   (781 words)

  
 dividend yield Definition
It is calculated by taking the amount of dividends paid per share over the course of a year and dividing by the stock's price.
Learn about analyst reports, buy and sell recommendations, earnings estimates and projections, earnings whispers, and investment bank conflicts of interest.
The yield a company pays out to its shareholders in the form of dividends.
http://www.investorwords.com/1523/dividend_yield.html   (236 words)

  
 Equitrend Glossary - Dividend Yield
The interest derived from the payment of a dividend.
http://www.equitrend.com/glossary956.aspx   (58 words)

  
 Dividend yield (Stocks) financial definition of Dividend yield (Stocks). Dividend yield (Stocks) finance term by the ...
Indicated yield represents annual dividends divided by current stock price.
Dividend yield (Stocks) financial definition of Dividend yield (Stocks).
Dividend yield (Stocks) finance term by the Free Online Dictionary.
http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Dividend+yield+(Stocks)   (81 words)

  
 Lowrisk.com, Superior Financial Information for Mutual Funds Investors, OEX Options Traders and Stock Index Futures ...
Below is the unadjusted dividend yield vs the percentage return of the SP500 for the next six months.
Below we adjusted the SP500 dividend yield for the 30 year Treasury Bond return.
This is the dividend yield adjusted for the 30 year bond return (as in the second chart above) vs the percentage return of the SP500 for the next six months.
http://www.lowrisk.com/dividends.htm   (297 words)

  
 Dogs of the Dow - Dividend Yield
Related Terms - Dividend - Dogs of the Dow - Earnings Yield - PE Ratio - Dividend Declaration Date - Dividend Payment Date - Dividend Record Date - Price to Book Ratio
Dividend yield is equal to the annual dividend per share divided by the stock price.
For example, if the price of a stock is $20 per share and that particular company has an annual dividend of $1, then the dividend yield would be $1 / $20 or 5%.
http://www.dogsofthedow.com/Dividend_Yield.htm   (196 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Time to weigh your options on GM
Investors also should realize GM is not the only company with a sizable dividend, says Joseph Amaturo, analyst at Calyon Securities.
There are also energy master limited partnerships, such as Magellan Midstream (MMP) and Sunoco Logistics (SXL), that have boosted their dividends and now yield 6.9% and 6.8%, respectively, partially tax free, says Thomas Cameron, portfolio manager of the Rising Dividend Growth fund.
GM's former dividend yield not only was the loftiest among the stocks in the Standard and Poor's 500 index, it was also nearly five times the average.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/columnist/krantz/2006-02-08-gm-dividend_x.htm   (697 words)

  
 Dividend yield - Tax Terms
This is the % obtained by dividing the dividend per share by the current market price per share, x 100.
http://www.encyclopedia-wiki.org/encyclopedias/taxes/Dividend-yield.html   (20 words)

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