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Research dividends
Connect dividend dates and payment history with payout ratios and cash flow before adding a company to your watchlist.
A practical research workflow
- Start with the ex-dividend date and payment amount. A quoted yield is a ratio, not a promised return.
- Read the history alongside earnings and free cash flow. A large yield can reflect a falling share price or a special payment.
- Save the company for follow-up and use a price alert to revisit your assumptions.
Start with the explanation
Dividends and DRIPs: key dates, yield and reinvestment
How stock dividends are declared and paid, what the ex-dividend and record dates mean under T+1, how to calculate yield and payout ratio, and how DRIPs compound.
Dividend payout ratio: formula, examples and sustainability
Calculate the dividend payout ratio on earnings and on free cash flow, add buybacks for total payout, and judge whether a dividend is sustainable, with Apple’s numbers.
Free cash flow (FCF): definition, formula and Apple example
What free cash flow is, how to calculate it, how to read FCF margin and FCF per share, and the stock-compensation debate, with Apple’s fiscal 2025 numbers.
Explore real examples
Illustrative instruments, not a recommended portfolio. Open the data, save a watchlist entry, or configure a price alert.
Johnson & Johnson
The Coca-Cola Company
The Procter & Gamble Company
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