Dividend calculator: what would your stocks pay you each year?
Some companies pay you just for owning them. See what a portfolio could pay each year at the yield you choose — and how reinvesting turns those payments into a snowball.
| Year | Invested | Dividends that year | Dividends so far |
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How it works: dividends = invested amount × yield, paid monthly here for simplicity. With reinvesting on, each payment buys more, so the next payment is a little bigger. To isolate the dividend effect, share prices are held flat — real prices move up and down, and companies can cut dividends. Taxes are left out.
Why reinvesting changes the picture
Switch "Reinvest" between yes and no and watch the last rows. Reinvested dividends buy shares that pay their own dividends — the same snowball as the compound interest calculator. A very high yield isn't automatically good, though: it's often high because the price fell, and it can be cut. See how interest rates affect stocks.
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