- 1). Locate your company's stock symbol. Finance websites or websites that contain a financial section, like Yahoo, list company information, stock symbols and other pertinent data (see Resources).
- 2). Locate the ex-dividend date. This date is the cutoff date for dividend payment. If you purchase the stock before this date, you get the dividend declared by the company. If you don't, you do not receive the dividend.
- 3). Locate the dividend paid for the stock. The dividend is also listed as "dividend/yield" for some financial websites. This lists the amount of money paid in dividends per share. For example, if the dividend is $.50, this means that the company is paying a $.50 dividend per share. In other words, for each share you own, you'll receive $.50.