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current yield

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Current Yield
Annual income (interest or dividends) divided by the current price of the security.

Notes:
For stocks this is also referred to as the dividend yield.

Current yield
For bonds or notes, the coupon rate divided by the market price of the bond.
current yield
The annual rate of return received from an investment, based on the income received during a year compared with the investment's current market price. For example, a bond selling at $800 and paying an annual interest of $80 provides a current yield of $80/$800 , or 10%. Also called rate of return, running yield.
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