Dividend Yield

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
DY
Pronunciation
/ˈdɪvɪˌdɛnd jild/
Category
Business
Related Field
Investments

Examples in Context

  1. The returns obtained from investing in a share can be broken down into two components-capital gain and dividend yield.
  2. If the share price does not change, then the investment return is equal to the dividend yield.
  3. One should not confuse the percentage stated as dividend yield.
  4. European stocks offer a2011 dividend yield of3.8 % versus a bond yield of3.4 %, Morgan Stanley notes;
  5. Cisco CEO John Chambers said the annual dividend yield would be in the1 percent to2 percent range.

Other meanings of DY