from: https://www.finrafoundation.org/sites/finrafoundation/files/dividend-paying-stocks.pdf - Money math for teens - Dividend paying stocks * A share of stock is ownership in a corporation. * Dividends are sums of money paid by a corporation to shareholders. To compute yield, use round((dividend / stock_price) * 100, 1) For example In [6]: def yield_pct(dividend, stock_price): res = round((dividend / stock_price) * 100, 1) return res In [7]: dividend = 1.55; stock_price = 82.00 In [8]: yield_pct(1.55, 82.00) Out[8]: 1.9 So, if a company pays \$1.55 dividend and its stock price is \$82.00, then the yield is 1.9% pg-5 * profit yield = ((new_price / old_price) -1) * total yield = profit yield + dividend yield pg-10 * A dividend aristocrat is an S&P 500 company that has raised its dividend every year for the past 25 years. * A dividend achiever is an S&P 500 company that has raised its dividend every year for the past 10 years.