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Dividend Calculator

Dividend yield
4.00%
Annual income (now)
$2,000.00
Portfolio value
$120,558.10
in 10 yrs
Initial investment$50,000.00
Total dividends$30,677.43
After tax$26,075.82
Final shares (with DRIP)740.12

How to use the Dividend Calculator

  1. Enter share price, shares owned and annual dividend per share.
  2. Set expected dividend growth and projection years.
  3. Toggle DRIP (dividend reinvestment) to compound.
  4. Read yield, current annual income and long-term portfolio value.
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Yield-on-cost is the metric dividend growth investors actually track

A stock bought at $50 paying $2/share is a 4% yield today. If the dividend grows to $5/share, your yield-on-cost is 10% — even if the market price is now $200.

DRIP quietly does the heavy lifting. Reinvested dividends have contributed roughly 40% of the S&P 500's total return since 1930.

Watch payout ratio (dividend / earnings). Over 80% is a red flag — the company can't sustain growth. Under 60% is comfortable.