Dividend Yield Calculator
Payout vs. price - plus payout-ratio check.
Also available in German: Dividendenrendite-Rechner →
Inputs
Share price
Also called: Stock price, market price
Where to find it: Any finance site (Google/Yahoo Finance) — the current trading price per share.
How to derive: Set by the market; just enter the current price per share.
Dividend per share
Also called: DPS, payout per share
Where to find it: Investor-relations page or the dividend history on finance portals (trailing 12 months).
How to derive: Total dividends paid ÷ shares outstanding.
Earnings per share (EPS)
Also called: EPS, net income per share
Where to find it: Bottom of the income statement, or the key-stats box on finance portals.
How to derive: Net income ÷ shares outstanding.
Result, live
Sustainable payout is usually below ~60–70% - above that, growth or the dividend eventually suffers.
Dividend yield shows how much payout you get per dollar invested — the annual dividend divided by the price. This calculator pairs the yield with the crucial reality check: the payout ratio, which reveals whether the company can actually afford its dividend.
How the formula works
The dividend yield is dividend per share divided by the price. The payout ratio relates the dividend to earnings per share and shows how much of the profit is paid out:
Payout ratio = dividend ÷ earnings per share
Example: price $80, dividend $2.40, earnings $5 per share. Yield = 2.40 ÷ 80 = 3.0%. Payout ratio = 2.40 ÷ 5 = 48% — a good half of the profit stays in the company.
How to read the result
Two numbers together give the picture:
- Yield 2–6% — solid and usually sustainable.
- Below 2% — more of a growth or reinvestment profile.
- Above 8% — strikingly high, often a warning sign of a looming cut.
For the payout ratio: below 60% is comfortable, 60–80% ambitious, above 80% gets tight — the dividend is then hanging by a thread.
What to watch out for
Yield alone is a trap:
- A high yield is often an alarm. It usually comes from a fallen price, not from generous payouts.
- The ratio needs real profit. If the dividend is paid from substance or with debt, it isn't sustainable.
- Watch the history. A steadily rising dividend is worth more than a high but shaky one.
Dividend yield by sector
A dividend yield only means something next to the company's own sector: utilities and real estate pay out a lot, growth sectors hardly anything. The table shows median and range for every sector from our database, updated daily.
| Sector | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Stocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | 0.5 % | 1.3 % | 3.2 % | 2,648 |
| Health Care | 0.6 % | 1.6 % | 3.4 % | 1,446 |
| Materials | 0.6 % | 1.7 % | 3.7 % | 2,522 |
| Industrials | 0.7 % | 1.8 % | 3.7 % | 4,197 |
| Consumer Discretionary | 0.8 % | 2.2 % | 4.7 % | 2,814 |
| Consumer Staples | 1.2 % | 2.7 % | 4.6 % | 1,342 |
| Energy | 1.1 % | 2.7 % | 5.3 % | 808 |
| Financials | 1.3 % | 2.8 % | 5.0 % | 2,498 |
| Communication Services | 1.0 % | 2.8 % | 5.6 % | 769 |
| Utilities | 1.4 % | 3.1 % | 4.7 % | 545 |
| Real Estate | 1.4 % | 3.8 % | 6.5 % | 1,373 |
Source: the Fair Value Calculator database, 20,962 stocks with a valid value for Dividend yield, as of Sep 5, 2026. Median: half of the sector's stocks sit below it. Lower and upper quartile: 25 % sit below or above. Values move daily with prices. All valuation ratios by sector →