Dividend yield represents the shareholders' return on investment in the form of dividends.

JCF Group provides the dividend yield median, which is the median dividend per share for the last fiscal year divided by the last share price.

The dividend yield depends on many factors : the type of business : the dividend yield is generally higher for financial institutions and real estate firms than for industrial corporations

the development stage of the company : typically, a young fast growing company will retain earnings, as opposed to a mature one, from which investors expect higher dividend yield since the capital gain is lower.