Common dividends per share declared
Common dividends per share declared for the reported period.
Worked example · a round-number company
This period$1.00÷A year before$0.90− 1 =Change+11.1%How to read it
↕Neither higher nor lower is better. Shows distributions on the reported common-share basis.
Keep in mind
- Not additive across quarters; declarations and cash payments have different timing.