What is the difference between dividend and yield?

Answer by  Kurt (4579)

A dividend is the amount of money a company pays to stockholders. The yield is the percentage of return of the dividend. Example a stock sells for $ 50 per share with a $ 3 dividend. The dividend is 3 and the yield is 6 percent. Investors look for companies that have high yielding dividends.

Answer by  Jonas (32)

A dividend is an amount of money you get from a stock/share that a company (decided during an general meeting by the shareholders) decides to pay out to its shareholders. A yield is a percentage on a given sum that you will earn. Yield is more used together with bonds.

Answer by  Targetman (6)

Dividend is the amount distributed to share holders of a company usually on a quarterly profit. Yield is the dividend divided by the share price.

Answer by  Carol37 (569)

The dividend is the payout from investing in the stock, perhaps 1. 20 per year. The yield is the percentage of the stock price this dividend represents.