Answer:
1.39%
Step-by-step explanation:
You want to know today's dividend yield if it was 1.49% yesterday, and today's stock price is up 7.25% over yesterday.
Yield
The dividend yield is the ratio of dividend to stock price. Yesterday, that was ...
D/P = 1.49%
Today's price is 7.25% more than it was yesterday, so the yield today is ...
D/((1 +7.25%)P) = (D/P)·(1/1.0725)
= 1.49%/1.0725 ≈ 1.39%
HP's dividend yield today is about 1.39%.
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Additional comment
Yesterday's stock price was $0.44/0.0149 ≈ $29.53. Today's price is 7.25% higher, about $31.67. The yield today is $0.44/$31.67 ≈ 1.39%.
