Dividend per share, current rate – datatype (DPSC)

This is the current annualised dividend rate. It is intended to represent the anticipated payment over the following 12 months and for that reason may be calculated on a rolling 12-month basis, or as the "indicated" annual amount. Special or once-off dividends are generally excluded.

Dividends per share are displayed gross, inclusive of local tax credits where applicable, except for France, Belgium, Ivory Coast, Romania and the UK, where dividends per share are displayed net.

For the US and Canada, the dividend per share reflects the 'indicated annual dividend', which is derived by multiplying the latest payment by the frequency of payment. A latest quarterly payment, for example, is multiplied by 4.  For other markets dividend per share represents a rolling 12-month value.