Shareholder Ratios :: Business Revision

Shareholder Ratios

These ratios are not usually used by a business, instead potential investors use them to decide whether a business is a good investment for them.

Dividend per share

Dividend per sharetotal dividends paidnumber of shares issued

Dividend Yield

This takes into account the price of a share unlike dividend per share.

Dividend Yielddividend per sharemarket price of share × 100

Earnings per Share

Earnings per shareProfit for the yearNumber of shares issued

Price Earnings Ratio

Price earnings ratioMarket price of shareEarnings per share