By Leanna Kelly Dividend investing is a sound strategy for wealth accumulation. For investors who pursue this strategy, one of the most important metrics to evaluate is a company’s dividend yield. Dividend yield is a stock’s annual dividend payout per share, expressed as a percentage of its share price. It’s a direct representation of how much an investor can expect to receive in dividend payments as a shareholder.
Like all investment fundamentals, dividend yield is much more than a number. There’s a lot below the surface of that number that investors need to consider. A high dividend yield isn’t always a good thing, …read more