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Originally Posted by toy71camaro
ok...
So.. I am making a "list" per say, of "data" i am documenting for each stock i am reviewing, so i can compare the numbers and see which way i want to go, etc.
With that being said, i have a silly (to me) math question, that i just cant seem to find the answer to. Or i am overlooking it, or something. 
I want to calculate the "Growth" of a dividend over a certain time frame... Say, for example, in 2007 the dividend was $0.25 and now, in 2012 (5 yrs) its $0.38. What was the dividend growth percent (not looking for the ACTUAL value, but the math to get it. lol).
Or perhaps this is on a Schwab chart that i am overlooking? or somewhere else?
Also, similar to Dividend growth, i want to see share price growth. Now i think this one is on the default "Summary" charge on Schwab. if you hit the 5yr mark on the "Quote Details" company performance chart, it says "Price Change: +10.00(13%). Is that indicating my stocks price has gone up simply 13% over that 5 yr mark?
thanks fella's...
and heck, i was at near the top of my class in math back in school.  |
To calculate the percentage change in your example you would subtract $0.25 from $0.38 which is a change of $0.13. Then divide the $0.13 by $0.25. You should come up with a percentage change of 52%.
I believe you are correct on the Schwab question? One way to check would be to pull up historical prices from five years ago and then calculate the % change as in the example above. Google finance has historical prices going back many years.