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Dividend Calculator

passive income math · yield, DRIP, and annual payouts

> total_investment$15,000.00
> dividend_yield3.20%
> annual_dividend_income$480.00
> monthly_income$40.00
> yield_on_cost_in_10y5.21%

> drip_projection (reinvest dividends)

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> Dividend Yield = annual dividend per share / share price × 100

> Yield on Cost (YoC) = current dividend / your original cost basis

> DRIP = Dividend Reinvestment Plan — dividends buy more shares automatically

> Dividend aristocrats: companies with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases

> Qualified dividends taxed at capital gains rate (0–20%); ordinary dividends at income rate

> High yield (>6%) often signals risk — the market prices in a potential cut