Project dividend reinvestment growth over time with yield-on-cost tracking, compounding charts, and income projection tables.
This projector follows a dividend-paying position through repeated reinvestment and reports how its projected value, dividend income, and yield on cost change over time. The compounding charts show the cumulative effect of using each distribution to increase the holding, while the income projection tables expose the resulting cash-flow estimates. The easiest figure to misread is yield on cost: it relates dividend income to invested cost, not to the position's projected market value at that point.
The projection treats dividends as amounts reinvested into the same position. Reinvested value enlarges the dividend-producing base for later periods, allowing later distributions to reflect both the starting investment and earlier reinvestments. This feedback creates the DRIP compounding shown in the growth charts. The result remains dependent on the entered dividend and growth assumptions.
The income tables translate the projected holding into periodic dividend estimates. Yield on cost expresses annual dividend income relative to invested cost rather than the position's contemporaneous market value. This makes it useful for tracking income growth against money committed, but unsuitable as a substitute for current dividend yield when comparing investments at future market prices.
No. Yield on cost compares projected annual dividends with the cost attributed to the investment. Current dividend yield compares annual dividends with the security's current market value. Growth in annual dividend income can therefore produce a high yield on cost, while price appreciation may leave the yield available at the future market price much lower.
No, not for the same dividends. DRIP compounding requires distributions to remain invested so they can enlarge the position and contribute to later income. The projected income can describe what the holding generates, but withdrawing that income instead of reinvesting it changes the future share balance and breaks the displayed reinvestment path.
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