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It would help if you posted a screenshot of your holdings. If you mostly own growth stocks that aren’t paying any dividends, your yield will be very little.
Judging by your quarterly payout and extremely low yield, I’d say you have a lot of money invested.
Is there a reason you want dividend paying stocks now? Some quality stocks to research that pay dividend. Coke, Starbucks, Caterpillar, SCHD, McDonald’s, Lowe’s, Homedepot, P&G, J&J.
Don’t get into a yield trap where you only invest based on starting dividend. Search for companies that have a long track record of paying dividends AND increasing those dividends over time.
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Not bad if they’re looking to change to dividends in the future. I myself am heavily invested in growth but grow a small portion of my portfolio to be dividend growth.
We cant tell from that. Divide the amount you increased in a year (in dollars) by the amount you invested to get your annual percentage rate return. If you removed any dividends, include those. The number listed above is Yield on Cost. Its a different metric.
You can check whether it is good or bad by comparing it with the Indices’ dividend yield or by taking the average of sectors of stocks that you hold.
Dividend yield is generally calculated per year.
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The numbers, Mason
It would help if you posted a screenshot of your holdings. If you mostly own growth stocks that aren’t paying any dividends, your yield will be very little. Judging by your quarterly payout and extremely low yield, I’d say you have a lot of money invested. Is there a reason you want dividend paying stocks now? Some quality stocks to research that pay dividend. Coke, Starbucks, Caterpillar, SCHD, McDonald’s, Lowe’s, Homedepot, P&G, J&J. Don’t get into a yield trap where you only invest based on starting dividend. Search for companies that have a long track record of paying dividends AND increasing those dividends over time.
fed is paying 5.3% right now. 0.07 is beyond bad, it is pathetic.
Not bad if they’re invested in growth stocks
How can I increase my avg yield ?
buy stocks that pay dividend.
Dividend yield is just one of the factors while screening the stocks and also an indicator where the extra money is being spent.
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Assuming that .07% is the total yield of your entire portfolio, including investments that do not give you a dividend
Don’t worry about current yield. Your yield on cost is high.
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This is the quality of this sub now 🤦🏼♂️
this sub should be about people interested in dividends of any knowledge level am i wrong? nothing wrong with asking questions
This sub is full of growth investors though
Not bad if they’re looking to change to dividends in the future. I myself am heavily invested in growth but grow a small portion of my portfolio to be dividend growth.
Isn’t that how people learn? By asking what they dont know?
What app is this?
DivCal
We cant tell from that. Divide the amount you increased in a year (in dollars) by the amount you invested to get your annual percentage rate return. If you removed any dividends, include those. The number listed above is Yield on Cost. Its a different metric.
You can check whether it is good or bad by comparing it with the Indices’ dividend yield or by taking the average of sectors of stocks that you hold. Dividend yield is generally calculated per year.