S&
P Earnings: 1960-CurrentCalculated based upon earnings yield and S&P 500 levels each year. The raw data for this table was obtained from Bloomberg (and from S&P). The most recent year's numbers include estimates for the last quarter of the year.
You can download the excel spreadsheet here: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pc/datasets/spearn.xls
| Year | Earnings Yield | Dividend Yield | S&P 500 | Earnings* | Dividends* | Payout Ratio | Dividends + Buybacks | Cash Payout Ratio |
| 1960 | 5.34% | 3.41% | 58.11 | 3.10 | 1.98 | 63.86% | NA | |
| 1961 | 4.71% | 2.85% | 71.55 | 3.37 | 2.04 | 60.51% | NA | |
| 1962 | 5.81% | 3.40% | 63.1 | 3.67 | 2.15 | 58.52% | NA | |
| 1963 | 5.51% | 3.13% | 75.02 | 4.13 | 2.35 | 56.81% | NA | |
| 1964 | 5.62% | 3.05% | 84.75 | 4.76 | 2.58 | 54.27% | NA | |
| 1965 | 5.73% | 3.06% | 92.43 | 5.30 | 2.83 | 53.40% | NA | |
| 1966 | 6.74% | 3.59% | 80.33 | 5.41 | 2.88 | 53.26% | NA | |
| 1967 | 5.66% | 3.09% | 96.47 | 5.46 | 2.98 | 54.59% | NA | |
| 1968 | 5.51% | 2.93% | 103.86 | 5.72 | 3.04 | 53.18% | NA | |
| 1969 | 6.63% | 3.52% | 92.06 | 6.10 | 3.24 | 53.09% | NA | |
| 1970 | 5.98% | 3.46% | 92.15 | 5.51 | 3.19 | 57.86% | NA | |
| 1971 | 5.46% | 3.10% | 102.09 | 5.57 | 3.16 | 56.78% | NA | |
| 1972 | 5.23% | 2.70% | 118.05 | 6.17 | 3.19 | 51.63% | NA | |
| 1973 | 8.16% | 3.70% | 97.55 | 7.96 | 3.61 | 45.34% | NA | |
| 1974 | 13.64% | 5.43% | 68.56 | 9.35 | 3.72 | 39.81% | NA | |
| 1975 | 8.55% | 4.14% | 90.19 | 7.71 | 3.73 | 48.42% | NA | |
| 1976 | 9.07% | 3.93% | 107.46 | 9.75 | 4.22 | 43.33% | NA | |
| 1977 | 11.43% | 5.11% | 95.1 | 10.87 | 4.86 | 44.71% | NA | |
| 1978 | 12.11% | 5.39% | 96.11 | 11.64 | 5.18 | 44.51% | NA | |
| 1979 | 13.48% | 5.53% | 107.94 | 14.55 | 5.97 | 41.02% | NA | |
| 1980 | 11.04% | 4.74% | 135.76 | 14.99 | 6.44 | 42.93% | NA | |
| 1981 | 12.39% | 5.57% | 122.55 | 15.18 | 6.83 | 44.96% | NA | |
| 1982 | 9.83% | 4.93% | 140.64 | 13.82 | 6.93 | 50.15% | NA | |
| 1983 | 8.06% | 4.32% | 164.93 | 13.29 | 7.12 | 53.60% | NA | |
| 1984 | 10.07% | 4.68% | 167.24 | 16.84 | 7.83 | 46.47% | NA | |
| 1985 | 7.42% | 3.88% | 211.28 | 15.68 | 8.20 | 52.29% | NA | |
| 1986 | 5.96% | 3.38% | 242.17 | 14.43 | 8.19 | 56.71% | NA | |
| 1987 | 6.49% | 3.71% | 247.08 | 16.04 | 9.17 | 57.16% | NA | |
| 1988 | 8.20% | 3.68% | 277.72 | 24.12 | 10.22 | 42.37% | NA | |
| 1989 | 6.80% | 3.32% | 353.4 | 24.32 | 11.73 | 48.24% | NA | |
| 1990 | 6.58% | 3.74% | 330.22 | 22.65 | 12.35 | 54.53% | NA | |
| 1991 | 4.58% | 3.11% | 417.09 | 19.30 | 12.97 | 67.21% | NA | |
| 1992 | 4.16% | 2.90% | 435.71 | 20.87 | 12.64 | 60.54% | NA | |
| 1993 | 4.25% | 2.72% | 466.45 | 26.90 | 12.69 | 47.17% | NA | |
| 1994 | 5.89% | 2.91% | 459.27 | 31.75 | 13.36 | 42.09% | NA | |
| 1995 | 5.74% | 2.30% | 615.93 | 37.70 | 14.17 | 37.58% | NA | |
| 1996 | 4.83% | 2.01% | 740.74 | 40.63 | 14.89 | 36.65% | NA | |
| 1997 | 4.08% | 1.60% | 970.43 | 44.09 | 15.52 | 35.21% | NA | |
| 1998 | 3.11% | 1.32% | 1229.23 | 44.27 | 16.20 | 36.59% | NA | |
| 1999 | 3.07% | 1.14% | 1469.25 | 51.68 | 16.71 | 32.34% | NA | |
| 2000 | 3.94% | 1.23% | 1320.28 | 56.13 | 16.27 | 28.98% | NA | |
| 2001 | 3.85% | 1.37% | 1148.09 | 38.85 | 15.74 | 40.52% | 30.08 | 77.43% |
| 2002 | 5.23% | 1.83% | 879.82 | 46.04 | 16.08 | 34.93% | 29.83 | 64.78% |
| 2003 | 4.87% | 1.61% | 1111.91 | 54.69 | 17.88 | 32.69% | 31.58 | 57.74% |
| 2004 | 5.58% | 1.60% | 1211.92 | 67.68 | 19.407 | 28.67% | 40.60 | 59.99% |
| 2005 | 5.47% | 1.79% | 1248.29 | 76.45 | 22.38 | 29.27% | 61.17 | 80.01% |
| 2006 | 6.18% | 1.77% | 1418.3 | 87.72 | 25.05 | 28.56% | 73.16 | 83.40% |
| 2007 | 5.62% | 1.89% | 1468.36 | 82.54 | 27.73 | 33.60% | 95.36 | 115.53% |
| 2008 | 7.24% | 3.11% | 903.25 | 65.39 | 28.05 | 42.90% | 67.52 | 103.25% |
| 2009 | 5.35% | 2.00% | 1115.10 | 59.65 | 22.31 | 37.40% | 37.43 | 62.75% |
| 2010 | 6.65% | 1.84% | 1257.64 | 83.66 | 23.12 | 27.64% | 55.53 | 66.37% |
| 2011 | 7.72% | 2.07% | 1257.60 | 97.05 | 26.02 | 26.81% | 71.28 | 73.44% |
| 2012 | 7.18% | 2.13% | 1426.19 | 102.47 | 30.44 | 29.71% | 75.90 | 74.07% |
| 2013 | 5.81% | 1.96% | 1848.36 | 107.45 | 36.28 | 33.76% | 88.13 | 82.02% |
| 2014 | 5.49% | 1.92% | 2058.90 | 113.01 | 39.44 | 34.90% | 101.98 | 90.24% |
| 2015 | 5.20% | 2.11% | 2043.94 | 106.32 | 43.16 | 40.59% | 106.10 | 99.79% |
| 2016 | 4.86% | 2.01% | 2238.83 | 108.86 | 45.03 | 41.37% | 108.67 | 99.83% |
| 2017 | 4.67% | 1.86% | 2673.61 | 124.94 | 49.73 | 39.80% | 108.28 | 86.67% |
| 2018 | 5.92% | 2.14% | 2506.85 | 148.34 | 53.61 | 36.14% | 136.65 | 92.12% |
| 2019 | 5.03% | 1.82% | 3230.78 | 162.35 | 58.80 | 36.22% | 150.50 | 92.70% |
| 2020 | 3.72% | 1.51% | 3756.07 | 139.76 | 56.70 | 40.57% | 127.78 | 91.43% |
| 2021 | 4.33% | 1.24% | 4766.18 | 206.38 | 59.20 | 28.68% | 147.24 | 71.34% |
| 2022 | 5.72% | 1.78% | 3839.50 | 219.49 | 68.34 | 31.14% | 181.99 | 82.91% |
| 2023 | 4.64% | 1.47% | 4769.83 | 221.36 | 70.07 | 31.65% | 164.79 | 74.44% |
| 2024 | 4.14% | 1.25% | 5881.63 | 243.32 | 73.40 | 30.17% | 187.91 | 77.23% |
| 2025 | 3.97% | 1.15% | 6845.50 | 271.52 | 78.51 | 28.91% | 120.47 | 44.37% |