Dividend calculator: cover your monthly bills
How much of a dividend stock or ETF do you need to fully cover a phone bill? A car payment? Rent? Below are calculators for 43 popular dividend payers across 10 common monthly expenses.
Each calculator uses the security's current yield to compute the capital required to generate enough monthly income to fully cover the bill. Yield is based on DivFreedom's current recurring-distribution estimate. Distributions can change and may include dividends, option income, capital gains, or return of capital. It is not total return or SEC yield.
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These calculators show the capital needed to cover a bill at today's yield. The Dividend Growth Calculator models the other direction: what monthly dividend income could become as the dividend grows and distributions are reinvested — and when that income would reach a bill.
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By monthly bill
- Phone Bill ($90/mo)
- Internet Bill ($80/mo)
- Streaming Services ($25/mo)
- Electricity Bill ($135/mo)
- Groceries ($400/mo)
- Car Insurance ($180/mo)
- Gym Membership ($50/mo)
- Car Payment ($500/mo)
- Rent ($1,500/mo)
- Mortgage Payment ($2,000/mo)
Phone Bill · $90/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
Internet Bill · $80/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
Streaming Services · $25/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
Electricity Bill · $135/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
Groceries · $400/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
Car Insurance · $180/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
Gym Membership · $50/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
Car Payment · $500/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
Rent · $1,500/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
Mortgage Payment · $2,000/mo
No current yields are established yet, so no capital requirements are shown for this bill.
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