Dividends per $100 Sales
If you grow sales by $100, how much gets paid out to owners as dividends? Less dividends means more stays in the business.
- How it's worked out
- (Dividends Paid / Sales) × 100
- Which way is better
- Read it in contextNeither higher nor lower is better on its own. Read it alongside the measures around it.
Written by Mandy Walker, founder of Focus on Cash. Updated October 2026. This explanation comes from the glossary inside Focus on Cash, so it matches the words you see in the app.
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