Earnings Yield

  

See: Dividend Yield.

So if the dividend yield on a given stock is 4%...like, if the stock is trading at exactly $100, and it pays $4 a year in dividends...then what's its earnings yield if it earned $6 a share?

Yes, 6 bucks.

Earnings yield is just its earnings or net income divided by its stock price. Easy.

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