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current yield

American  

noun

  1. the ratio of the annual interest or dividend to the actual market price of a bond or stock.


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The average current yield of the 10 highest-yielding Dow stocks is 3.4%, in contrast to 2.9% for Wright’s top 10 recommendations.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

Strike has an 8% dividend rate and trades at a steep discount to face value at 75 cents on the dollar, for a current yield of 11%.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

"Foreign investors have quickly understood the difficulties and problems of the current yield curve scheme," said Kentaro Koyama, chief economist at Deutsche Bank.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2022

As of the start of November, the current yield is 7.12%.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2021

The current yield of gold is computed at the rate of seventeen and a half millions sterling per annum.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis