Overview
Enter the number of shares owned and the annual dividend per share to calculate total annual dividend income: income = shares × annual dividend per share. Optionally enter the current share price to also see the dividend yield - annual dividend per share ÷ share price - a percentage that's useful for comparing income-generating potential across stocks trading at different prices. The dividend-per-share input is explicitly an annual figure: many companies pay quarterly, so if you only know a per-payment amount, multiply it by the number of payments per year (typically 4 for quarterly payers) before entering it here, to avoid understating income by a factor of four. Useful for estimating passive income from a dividend-paying portfolio or comparing yield across holdings. Runs entirely client-side, and this is an informational estimate, not financial advice.
Best for: Estimating annual passive income from a dividend-paying stock position
How to use this tool
- Enter the number of shares owned. The total share count for the position.
- Enter the annual dividend per share. The full-year dividend amount, not a single quarterly payment - multiply a quarterly figure by 4 first if needed.
- Optionally enter the share price. Adding a current share price also calculates the dividend yield as a percentage.
Frequently asked questions
Enter the annual figure. Many companies pay dividends quarterly, so if you only know the amount paid per quarter, multiply it by 4 (or by however many payments occur per year) before entering it here - otherwise the calculated income and yield will be understated by roughly a factor of four.
Dividend yield expresses the annual dividend per share as a percentage of the current share price, which makes it possible to compare the income-generating potential of stocks trading at very different prices on equal footing, rather than just comparing raw dollar amounts.
No - this calculates a single year's income and yield based on the numbers entered, assuming a flat dividend per share. It doesn't model reinvesting dividends to buy more shares or a dividend that grows year over year - for valuing a growing dividend stream, see the Dividend Discount Model Calculator.