How a dividend portfolio's income stream grows — especially when every payout buys more shares that pay more dividends.
How fast payouts per share rise. Dividend-growth stalwarts have historically managed 5–8%/yr.
This dividend calculator projects the growing income stream from a dividend portfolio, modeling both rising payouts and reinvestment. When dividends buy more shares, those shares pay more dividends — a compounding loop that accelerates income over decades.
Instead of taking dividends as cash, you use them to buy more shares automatically. Those extra shares pay their own dividends, compounding your income.
Yield is annual dividends divided by share price. A 3% yield means $3 of dividends per year for every $100 invested, before any growth.
It depends on the yield, the dividend growth rate, and whether you reinvest. Reinvesting plus steady dividend hikes can grow income far faster than either alone.