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Originally Posted by shermanator
I've been looking into dividend stocks and I have a potentially stupid question on how dividends are represented. When you say 5.32% quarterly dividend, is this 5.32% per quarter, or 5.32% annually which is paid out per quarter?
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No, it's annually. Some pay monthly, some pay quarterly and it just depends on what you're invested in. But regardless, the yield is shown as an annual percentage of the current price (if the price changes it might not be 5.32% any longer).