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Dividend calculator

What dividends on a security pay: income before and after tax, yield on the current price, and how many shares a target payout needs.

Security
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Result

Fill in the fields to see the calculation.

How to use it

  1. 1
    Pick a security

    Start typing a ticker or a name — the platform fills in the last twelve months of payouts and the current price.

  2. 2
    Enter the quantity

    The number of shares you hold or plan to buy.

  3. 3
    Read the result

    Income before and after tax, yield on price and the amount invested are in the table below the form.

Questions

Where does the dividend amount come from?
From the payout history stored on the platform: the sum over the last twelve months. If there were no payouts, the field stays empty rather than zero — «did not pay» and «unknown» are different statements.
What tax is withheld from dividends?
For Russian companies the broker withholds personal income tax as a tax agent, and the calculator applies the same rate as the portfolio tax summary. The result is shown both before and after tax.
Why does the yield differ from the one on the security page?
The security page computes yield against the price on the record date; this page computes it against the current price. They answer different questions: what the payout gave holders, versus what buying today would give.

What this figure does not mean

The calculation assumes the dividend per share stays the same. A dividend is not an obligation: shareholders approve it anew each time, and it can be cut or skipped entirely. The security's own price change and broker fees are not included.

Dividend calculator — TradeAlmanac