Dividend Per Share (Current)

Definition:

Dividend Per Share (Current) is the total dividends per share that a company has declared over the most recent rolling twelve-month period, based on declaration dates rather than financial-statement periods.

It includes all dividends declared for common shareholders in that rolling 12-month window:

Regular dividends
Extra dividends
Special dividends (non-routine, one-off distributions outside the regular pattern)

Because it uses a rolling 12-month lookback based on declaration dates, it can include dividends that have been declared but are not yet fully reflected in the most recently reported TTM financials.

Formula:

Dividend Per Share (Current) = Sum of all dividends per share declared in the last 12 months (rolling window)

As new dividends (including extra and special items) are declared, they enter the 12-month window; the oldest declarations drop out as they move beyond 12 months.

How to use the metric:

Dividend Per Share (Current) provides a more up-to-date view of a company’s dividend run-rate than a purely financial-statement-based TTM measure. It is useful for:

Capturing recent dividend hikes, cuts, initiations, or resumptions more quickly
Estimating a current dividend yield that incorporates the latest declared dividends, including extra and special distributions
Comparing income potential across stocks when recent corporate actions make TTM figures stale

Limitations:

Rolling vs. reported periods: It will not necessarily match the TTM number tied to the last four reported quarters.
Extra / Special items: Large extra or special dividends declared in the last 12 months can temporarily inflate the figure relative to the underlying recurring dividend.
Classification dependence: The measure follows how the company declares and classifies its dividends (regular, extra, special); it does not independently re-label these items.

Applies to:

Companies that have recently changed their dividend policy or paid notable extra or special dividends
Investors who want a current, declaration-based view of total dividends per share

Doesn’t apply to:

Firms with no or extremely sporadic dividends where a 12-month snapshot offers limited insight
Analyses that must align strictly with reported fiscal periods (where the TTM measure is more suitable)

Summary:

Dividend Per Share (Current) measures the total dividends per share declared over the latest twelve months, regardless of fiscal-year cut-offs. It includes regular, extra, and special dividend distributions as declared by the company and is designed to reflect the most current dividend run-rate, even when recent actions have not yet flowed through into the TTM figures in the financial statements.

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