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Some people see ₦2 dividend and think it is small, but what matters is dividend yield, not just dividend amount.
If a ₦20 stock pays ₦2 dividend → that is 10% yield
If a ₦500 stock pays ₦10 dividend → that is 2% yield

Do you check dividend yield before buying a stock?
 
Some people see ₦2 dividend and think it is small, but what matters is dividend yield, not just dividend amount.
If a ₦20 stock pays ₦2 dividend → that is 10% yield
If a ₦500 stock pays ₦10 dividend → that is 2% yield

Do you check dividend yield before buying a stock?
At my early stage of investing that's the number thing I do check which made me lose alot of potential growth stocks I should have made alot of money from
 
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That's where the power of compounding start that 2naria dividend might one day turn to 20, 200 or even 2 million dividend. One just need to keep buying.

Then for those dividend investores its still good to check dividend payout before investing
Some people see ₦2 dividend and think it is small, but what matters is dividend yield, not just dividend amount.
If a ₦20 stock pays ₦2 dividend → that is 10% yield
If a ₦500 stock pays ₦10 dividend → that is 2% yield

Do you check dividend yield before buying a stock?
 
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