Question { Capital IQ, 10239 }
What is DPS? How to calculate to DPS?
Answer
DPS(Dividend Per Share) The amount of dividend that a stockholder will receive for each share of stock held. It can be calculated by taking the total amount of dividends paid and dividing it by the total shares outstanding.
If a company issues a $1 million dividend and has 10 million shares, the dividend per share is 10 cents ($1 million divided by 10 million shares).