Calculating Dividends Per Share

Dividend per share (DPS) is the amount of the dividend that shareholders have or will receive for each share they own. This is calculated by dividing the total amount of dividends received for the year by the number of ordinary shares issued. For example, XYZ company paid a total of $325,000 in dividends over the last year. The company has 1.5 million shares outstanding. Its DPS would be .