income term

Dividend Yield

The annual cash dividend paid per share divided by the current share price.

Category

income

Applies to

Companies, Indices, Sectors

Related sectors

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Linked companies

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Why it matters

Investor context

It helps income-focused investors compare how much cash return a stock provides relative to its price.

Formula

Calculation pattern

annual dividend per share ÷ share price

Sector context

Sectors where this term is common

Issuer examples

Companies using this lens

AIA Group Limited

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A pan-Asian life insurer with long-duration growth exposure through protection, savings, and retirement products.

Barrick Gold Corporation

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A global gold and copper producer whose investment case is closely linked to realized prices, production discipline, and free cash generation.

HDFC Bank Limited

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A leading private-sector Indian bank known for retail deposit strength, disciplined underwriting, and strong profitability metrics.

HSBC Holdings plc

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A globally diversified banking group with major franchises in Asia, transaction banking, wealth management, and commercial finance.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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A globally systemically important bank with leading franchises in consumer banking, investment banking, markets, and asset and wealth management.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

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Japan’s largest banking group, with scale across lending, securities, trust banking, and global institutional operations.

Rio Tinto plc

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A diversified mining major with exposure to iron ore, aluminum, copper, and other bulk commodities critical to global industrial demand.

Royal Bank of Canada

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Canada’s largest bank by market capitalization, with scale across personal banking, wealth management, insurance, and capital markets.

Sanofi

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A global pharmaceutical company with scale in specialty care, vaccines, and general medicines across mature and emerging markets.

Shell plc

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A global energy major spanning upstream, LNG, refining, chemicals, trading, and power-transition investments.

TotalEnergies SE

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A global integrated energy company combining oil, gas, LNG, trading, and a growing low-carbon power portfolio.

Market context

Markets where this concept shows up

Benchmark context

Indices where the concept matters