Dividend yield is a tool for comparing the size of a company's dividend to its share price.It's the annual dividend divided by the stock price.However, a higher dividend doesn't always signal a high potential investment.

In Malaysia, high dividend stocks are usually large companies, especially medium or large companies, which pay dividends on a more consistent basis.

There are two main ways that stock market investors can earn returns: share price increases and dividends。Dividends are payments made by a company to shareholders to share a portion of the company's earnings, usually in cash on a quarterly basis。