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Dividend Growth Simulator [2026]

Enter your investment amount and dividend yield to automatically calculate your annual and monthly dividend income, the NISA tax-free benefit, and the compounding effect of reinvesting dividends.

¥100K¥5,000,000¥50M
0.5%3.5%10%
1 yr10 years30 yrs

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Dividend Investing Basics

What are dividends?

Dividends are cash payments a company distributes to shareholders from its profits. Simply holding qualifying stocks or ETFs earns you payouts one to four times per year.

How is dividend yield calculated?

DividendYield(%)=AnnualDividendPerShare/SharePrice×100

Example: A stock priced at ¥1,000 paying ¥40/year has a 4.0% yield.

High-yield investing: pros and cons

ProsCons
Regular passive incomeShare price can fall
Dividend reinvestment compounds returnsDividends can be cut or suspended
NISA makes dividends tax-freeMay underperform growth stocks
Psychologically easier to holdHigh yield alone can signal risk

Starting dividend investing with NISA

The NISA growth investment quota (¥2,400,000/year) lets you receive dividends tax-free. On a 3.5% yield position, eliminating the usual 20.315% withholding effectively adds ~0.7 percentage points to your take-home yield.