Dividend rate (Div rate)
The latest regular dividend per share, times the payments in a year.
It moves the night a board declares a cut, weeks before the next filing.
How it is computed here
Latest regular dividend per share x regular payments per year
Measured against the most recent quarterly balance sheet. The latest regular declaration, not a filed period. It moves the night a board declares, and the source trail dates it. Filed under value. Neither a high nor a low reading is good on its own, so it is never coloured as one.
No published threshold exists for this figure, so this page prints none. Read it against the company's own history and its peers instead.
When it misleads
- Specials and irregular payments are left out.
- It is the declared rate, not a promise: the next declaration can change it.
Questions
How is dividend rate calculated?
Latest regular dividend per share x regular payments per year. Measured against the most recent quarterly balance sheet. The latest regular declaration, not a filed period. It moves the night a board declares, and the source trail dates it.
What does dividend rate tell a value investor?
It moves the night a board declares a cut, weeks before the next filing.
When does dividend rate mislead?
Specials and irregular payments are left out. It is the declared rate, not a promise: the next declaration can change it.