Try the Dividend Payout Ratio Calculator Widget
Free for any site, including commercial ones. Keep the small credit line at the bottom of the widget so readers can find the full version. Nothing is stored about the people who use it. See the disclaimer.
How to add it to your site
- Copy the code Use the copy button in the Embed code box so nothing is lost to line wrapping. It is a single iframe tag and it does not need anything else.
- Open the page you want it on In WordPress add a Custom HTML block, in Wix use the Embed HTML element, in Squarespace use a Code block, and on a hand-built site paste it straight into your HTML.
- Paste and publish The widget appears immediately. If you see an empty space instead, your editor has stripped the iframe tag, which the HTML embed guide explains how to work around.
- Adjust the look if you want to Add the parameters in the table below to the iframe URL to change the theme, the accent colour or the height. Nothing needs to be configured on our side.
Customisation options
| Parameter | Values | What it does |
|---|---|---|
theme | auto, light, dark | Default follows the reader's own system setting, so the widget looks right on a dark site and a light one without you choosing. |
accent | Six hex digits, e.g. accent=1A56DB | Recolours the header bar and the primary button to match your brand. |
header | 1 or 0 | Set to 0 to hide the title bar when your page already has a heading above the widget. |
breakdown | 1 or 0 | Set to 0 to hide the calculation breakdown for a more compact block. |
corners | 1 or 0 | Set to 0 for square corners if your design has no rounding anywhere else. |
width | full | Removes the 520px maximum so the widget stretches to its container. |
Parameters are added to the iframe URL as a normal query string, for example
/embed/dividend-payout-ratio-calculator.html?theme=dark&accent=1A56DB&header=0. The
widget builder lets you set all of them visually and hands you the finished code.
Why embed the Dividend Payout Ratio Calculator
A high dividend can be a sign of health or a warning, and the payout ratio is how to tell. The widget divides dividends by earnings, shows the dividend cover and the retained earnings, and estimates the growth the company can fund from what it keeps. Suits dividend investing newsletters and JSE share write-ups.
What the widget calculates
The payout ratio is the share of earnings paid out as dividends. Its inverse, dividend cover, says how many times the profit covers the payment, and both answer the same question: is the dividend affordable.
What is left over is retained and funds growth. The sustainable growth rate, retention multiplied by return on equity, is the rate a company can grow at without raising new capital, which links dividend policy directly to future earnings.
The embedded version keeps the inputs and the result. The full Dividend Payout Ratio Calculator on TradeAnswers adds worked examples, the method behind the numbers and a long FAQ.
Who this widget suits
Dividend and income investing blogs
Let readers run their own portfolio numbers where they read about the method.
Personal finance sites
A working tool in a post gives readers a reason to return to that page.
Investor clubs and newsletters
A shared tool gives members a common reference point.
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