This figure represents the dividends per share paid over the trailing 12 months.
The calculation sums up the individual dividends for the necessary time periods using our report dates as boundaries and the dividend ex-dates as identifiers.
Example
If a company has a FYE of 12/31/01, the DPS value for that FYE will be the sum of the dividends with an ex-date falling within the boundary dates of 12/31/01 and 12/31/00.