Dividend income calculator
Look up any stock or ETF, or type your own price and payment, to see what an investment would pay each year and each month. Payment growth and price change start at zero, because neither is promised.
After 10 years this pays about $282 a month.
In year 1
| Year | Income that year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $558 | $16,558 |
| 2 | $824 | $23,381 |
| 3 | $1,101 | $30,482 |
| 4 | $1,389 | $37,871 |
| 5 | $1,689 | $45,561 |
| 6 | $2,001 | $53,562 |
| 7 | $2,326 | $61,888 |
| 8 | $2,664 | $70,553 |
| 9 | $3,016 | $79,569 |
| 10 | $3,382 | $88,951 |
How the dividend calculator works
Dividend income is shares owned times the dividend per share. At a $100 share price and a $4 annual dividend, $10,000 buys 100 shares and pays $400 a year, or $33.33 a month. That is the first thing this calculator does, and everything after it is that same sum repeated each payment.
When you add money each month, those purchases buy more shares at that month's price. When you reinvest, each payment buys shares too, so the next payment is a little larger. With no additions, a $4 yearly dividend paid quarterly on a flat $100 price turns $10,000 into about $10,406 after one year, because each quarter's $1-a-share payment buys a little more of the stock.
Which dividend number to use
When you pick a ticker, we fill in its recent payment rate, which leaves out specials and one-off supplements. A fund whose payments are falling can show a trailing yield far above what it pays now, so the ticker pages state both. To see the two side by side for a holding, open a ticker page such as SCHD.
This calculator ignores taxes. Reinvested dividends are generally still taxable in the year you receive them, and the dividend tax guide shows the current rates.
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Results are estimates from the numbers you enter, not forecasts or advice. Written by Editorial Staff. See the methodology and the disclaimer.