What is dividend yield?
Dividend yield is a year's dividend per share divided by the stock's market price. It is usually shown as a percentage.[S1] A dividend is a part of a company's profit paid to shareholders.[S3] A stock that pays no dividend has no yield.[S1]
How is dividend yield worked out?
Dividend yield = dividends per share for a year ÷ share price × 100.[S1]
Costco's dividends per share were $5.54 a share (FY2026). Its Nasdaq closing price is $1,012.28 (price as of Oct 30, 2026).[S9] The two come from different dates, so the examples below list both and do not combine them.
Where do you find it in a 10-K or 10-Q?
Dividends per share are in the financial statements. Rule 3-04 asks for the amount per share for each class, in the stockholders' equity statement or a note.[S5] That is 10-K Item 8.[S7] A 10-Q gives it for the year to date.[S6]
The price comes from trading. 10-K Item 5 names the market where the shares trade.[S7][S8] Item 5 may also say whether the company expects to keep paying comparable dividends.[S8]
What does dividend yield leave out?
- Price changes. Total return adds gains or losses on the price to the yield.[S2]
- Special dividends. Unscheduled payments are called special or extra dividends.[S3] A year with one shows a bigger figure. Costco's capital returns section names its special dividends.
- Future payments. A dividend is not guaranteed and can be cut or stopped.[S4]
- Buybacks. Cash spent buying back shares is not a dividend, so the fraction leaves it out.
Cityfort does not call any dividend yield high or low.