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v1 Financial Maths, STD2 F4 2013 HSC 28d

James has 3000 shares. The current share price is  $2.50  per share. James is paid a dividend of  $0.50  per share. 

  1. What is the current value of his shares?   (1 mark)
  2. Calculate the dividend yield.    (1 mark)
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a.    `$7500`

b.    `text(20%)`

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a.    `text(# Shares)=3000`
  `text(Share price) = $2.50`

 

`:.\ text(Current value)` `= 3000x 2.50`
  `=$7500`
♦♦♦ Mean mark 13%
MARKER’S COMMENT: A large majority of students had a poor understanding of the term dividend yield.
  

b.     `text(Dividend yield)` `=\ text(Dividend)/text(Share price)`
    `= 0.50/2.50`
    `=20 text(%)`

v1 Financial Maths, STD2 F4 2021 HSC 30

Dianne owns 1600 shares in a company. The market price for each share is $30. Dianne's total dividend from these shares is $768.

Calculate the dividend yield for her shares.   (2 marks)

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`1.6 text(%)`

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♦ Mean mark 47%.
`text(Dividend yield)` `= text(Dividend)/text(Value of shares)`  
  `= 768/(1600xx 30)`  
  `=0.016`  
  `= 1.6 text(% yield)`  

v1 Financial Maths, STD2 F4 2005 HSC 13 MC

Two years ago, Jordan bought 200 shares at $3.00 per share. They are now worth $3.75 per share. Jordan receives a dividend of $0.15 per share.

What is the dividend yield?

  1.    `text(3.75%)`
  2.    `text(4%)`
  3.    `text(4.5%)`
  4.    `$30`
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`B`

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`text(Dividend yield)` `= text(Dividend)/text(Share Value)`
  `= 0.15/3.75`
  `= 0.04`
  `= 4 text(%)`

`=> B`