current yield
noun[C]
ukusFINANCE,STOCK MARKET
therateofincomefrom aninvestmentfor ayear,calculatedbydividingthetotalincomeby thecurrentpriceof thetotalinvestment:
The stock'scurrentyieldis 2.3%.
Examplesofcurrent yield
current yield
Thecurrentyieldis those same payments divided by the bond's spot market price.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If an investor paid par ($100) today for a typical straight preferred, such an investment would give acurrentyieldof just over six percent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thecurrentyieldonly therefore refers to the yield of the bond at the current moment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is closely related to the concept ofcurrentyield.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unlikecurrentyield, it does not vary with the market price of the security.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thecurrentyieldis 5.56% (5/90).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As elsewhere, a signi®cant portion ofcurrentyieldlevels is attributed to fertilizer use.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thecurrentyieldis some £1·6 billion and in the coming year it is estimated at £1·75 billion.
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Hansard archive
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Thecurrentyieldof the stamp duties is of course quite considerable—namely, some £550 million—and my noble friend's suggestion therefore does raise certain difficulties.
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Nevertheless, with thecurrentyieldof these duties at £255 million a year, we may be losing something over £3 million a year.
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