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The number of shares you own (or plan to buy).
The current market price of one share. Used for yield and to value the holding.
Total dividend paid per share over a year. Add up the quarterly payouts if the company pays quarterly.
How often the dividend is paid. With DRIP on, more frequent payouts compound a little faster.
How long to project the investment forward.
Use each dividend to buy more shares so the income compounds.
Expected yearly increase in the dividend per share. Many established payers raise it a few percent a year.
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Expected yearly change in the share price. The long run S&P 500 average is roughly 7% to 10%. Enter 0 to see dividends alone.
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Extra cash you add each year to buy more shares, on top of reinvested dividends.
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Annual dividend income (year 1)Moderate yield
$300.00
Dividend yield3%
Projected ending balance$55,436.22
Total dividends over period$13,852.23
Annual income in final year$1,290.11
Yield on cost (final year)12.9%
Total return454.4%
Shares owned at end345.7
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Year one pays about 300; projected to 55,436 after 20 years.

  • 200 shares at 1.5 per share pays 300 in year one before tax, a 3% yield.
  • Reinvesting over 20 years, the holding projects to about 55,436, having paid roughly 13,852 in total dividends.
  • By the final year, dividend growth lifts the yield on your original cost to about 12.9%, even though the headline yield on today's price stays near 3%.

Next stepThese are projections from fixed growth assumptions, real dividends and prices vary. Check the payout ratio to judge whether the dividend looks sustainable, and remember dividends are usually taxable in the year received.

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