Dividend Per Share is a way to measure how much money a company pays out in dividends for each share of its common stock. Dividends are payments that a company makes to its shareholders from its profits. Dividends can be paid regularly or occasionally, but special one-time dividends are not included in the calculation. Dividend Per Share can help investors compare the income they can get from different stocks and see how well a company rewards its shareholders. The formula for Dividend Per Share is:
Dividend Per Share = (Total Dividends - Special Dividends) / Number of Shares
Where:
- Total Dividends (CF033,
cf_dvd_paid) is the sum of all dividends paid by a company over a period of time, usually a year.
- Special Dividends are dividends that are only paid once and are not expected to be repeated.
- Number of Shares (IS028,
is_avg_num_sh_for_eps) is the average number of shares outstanding for the period.