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Stock Browser Guide

Published Nov 2025 • by DividendSim

Welcome! This quick guide shows how to use the DividendSim Stock Browser to research dividend stocks and ETFs, understand key income metrics, and add selections to your portfolio for DRIP (dividend reinvestment) compounding. Try the app here: https://dividendsim.com/.

1) Overview

Dividend Stock Browser overview with table and controls
The Stock Browser lists dividend payers with sortable income metrics and simple controls.

What you can do: scan dividend tickers, filter by Stocks or ETFs, check yields and dollar payouts, and send picks to your simulated portfolio.

Prices refresh several times daily on a schedule. Market data moves—numbers here are for planning and may differ from live quotes.

2) View: Stocks, ETFs, or All

Toggle buttons for Stocks, ETFs, or All
Use the toggle to focus on Stocks, ETFs, or show All.

Note: ETF distributions can vary month-to-month. Yield shown is trailing, not guaranteed.

3) What Each Column Means

Table headers: Ticker, Name, Sector, Type, Price, Monthly Dividend, Annual Dividend, Yield, Est Income per $1000
Columns are tuned for income planning and quick comparison.
  • Ticker — Trading symbol.
  • Name — Security name.
  • Sector — Primary industry/strategy (e.g., Equity Income, Finance, Senior Loans).
  • Type — Stock or ETF.
  • Price ($) — Latest price used in the simulator (updated multiple times daily).
  • Monthly Dividend ($) — Most recent monthly payout per share.
  • Annual Dividend ($) — Monthly × 12 for a quick yearly view.
  • Yield (%) — Trailing annual dividend ÷ price × 100.
  • 5Y Total Return (%) — Simple five-year price return for the ticker, useful for seeing whether the share price has generally trended up or down.
  • Est Income per $1000 ($) — Approximate Annual income from $1000 at the current payout.

Stock details are updated periodically and may not reflect real-time prices. ETF distributions can bounce around with market conditions. For a deeper look at how the 5-year return is calculated and how you can use it in simulations, see the Capital Gains & Price Growth guide.

4) View Stock Details

Ticker dropdown and Explore button to open a focused details view
Select a ticker and click Explore to open a focused view with richer context.

Use this page to quickly sanity-check any symbol before adding it to your portfolio—compare yield, distribution behavior, and recent pricing in seconds.

When you click Explore, DividendSim opens the Stock Detail view — a powerful mini-simulator where you can test different investment amounts, holding periods, and dividend reinvestment (DRIP) scenarios. Instantly see how your dividends compound month by month, how reinvesting affects share count, and how even small contributions accelerate long-term income growth. It’s an easy way to experiment before committing capital. We’ll go deeper into this simulator in a dedicated article soon.

5) Add to Portfolio for DRIP Compounding

Select rows with checkboxes and click Add Selected to Portfolio under the table
Tick the checkboxes next to the rows you want, then click Add Selected to Portfolio under the table.
  1. Check the boxes next to the tickers you want.
  2. Click Add Selected to Portfolio below the table.
  3. Open your portfolio to set shares, contribution amounts, and DRIP on/off.

With DRIP enabled, monthly distributions automatically buy fractional shares, increasing next month’s payouts—this is the DRIP Compounder effect in action.

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