FYI: Calculating a stock’s common dividend yield is straightforward. Calculating the yield on a dividend-stock mutual fund is not.
To calculate a stock’s yield, an investor would take a company’s annual dividend per share and then divide it by the stock price. For example, a $50 stock with a $1 annual dividend would have a 2% yield.
For individual investors to calculate the yield on an equity-income mutual fund, however, requires a lot of work and determination. And even then they might not get it right, given how many pieces to the puzzle and different yield readings there are.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.barrons.com/articles/figuring-out-the-dividend-yield-of-a-mutual-fund-is-harder-than-you-think-51574417701?refsec=funds
