The video provides a clear, actionable breakdown of how to achieve a specific financial goal ($100/month in dividends) using real-world examples. It addresses a common investor question about the trade-off between dividend income and stock growth, making the content relatable and informative.
Summary
This video explains how much money is needed to generate $100 per month in dividends from Coca-Cola, Apple, and AT&T stocks. It highlights the trade-off between high dividend yields and stock growth, suggesting that companies prioritizing dividends may have slower stock appreciation.
Structure
1Introduction to $100/month dividend goal
2Calculating investment needed for Coca-Cola
3Calculating investment needed for Apple
4Calculating investment needed for AT&T
5Explaining the trade-off between dividends and growth
6Concluding lesson on dividends vs. growth
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The video mentions and displays stock information for Coca-Cola, Apple, and AT&T, showing their dividend yields and calculating the investment needed to achieve $100 per month in dividends. It also shows stock charts for AT&T and Apple.
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How Much You Need for $100 Per Month in Dividends with the following stocks: Coca Cola, Apple, and AT&T. All 3 have different dividend yields. The formula to figure out how much you need is: Desired Income Per Year / Dividend Yield % = Amount Needed In the case of Apple stock, since they’re a growth focused company - they will pay a far smaller dividend because they may be focused on other activities like reinvesting the cash (or just sitting on it for opportunities). For Coca Cola and AT&T, they have higher dividend yields, but that does come with the trade off: will they not grow as much because they are returning cash to their shareholders? The other thing is, if you really want yield in 2026 - you can look at Treasuries or even a HYSA, where rates can be comparable to dividend yields while being safer. However, you wouldn’t get any upside. What are your thoughts about dividends? Let me know below! Humphrey #EduTok #TikTokLearningCampaign #LearnOnTikTok
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$100 Per Month in Dividends
Stock | Dividend Payout
Coca Cola | 2.81%
Apple | 0.38%
AT&T | 4.21%
$100 / Month Dividends
Coca Cola
Apple
AT&T
75.48 USD
Dividend
Qtrly Div Amt
52-wk low
2.81%
0.53
65.35
More about Coca-Cola Co
Apple Inc
273.05 USD
PepsiCo Inc
156.99 USD
Johnson & Johnson
230.69 USD
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV
102.21 USD
Quarterly financials
2025 Q4
11.82B
+2.41% Y/Y Revenue
Overview
The Coca-Cola Company is an American
multinational corporation headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia. It manufactures and sells
and markets nonalcoholic beverages, coffee,
and alcoholic beverages.
Founder
Asa Griggs Candler
Number of employees
65,900 (2020)
Headquarters
1992, Atlanta, GA
$100 Per Month in Dividends
1,200÷0.0281
42,704.626335
1,200÷0.0281
42,704.626335
Apple has a 0.38%
dividend yield,
1,200÷0.0038
315,789.47368
In order to get $100
a month,
you need $315,789
worth of Apple stock.
Now, with AT&T,
you only need $28,503.
28,503.0189
28,503.0189
So why doesn't everyone
just buy AT&T?
because there's
a huge trade off.
that pay high dividends
are usually
to their investors
instead of reinvesting it
So AT&T stock
26.18 USD
+20.44 (356.10%) * all time
Closed: Apr 25, 6:50PM EDT * Disclaimer
After hours 26.18 0.00 (0.00%)
1D
5D
1M
6M
YTD
1Y
5Y
Max
28.73 USD Apr 22, 2016
price has barely
moved in a decade,
but Apple pays
almost nothing
dividend, 0.38%.
has grown by a lot
in that same time period.
The lesson here is
that dividends
aren't free money.
You either get paid
now through dividends,
or you might get paid
later through growth.
are your thoughts?
Was this more
or less?
the comments.
Transcript
This is how much money you need to make $100 a month in dividends with the following stocks: Coca Cola, Apple, and AT&T.
With Coca-Cola, they pay a 2.81% dividend on their stock. So if you want to make $100 a month, that's $1,200 per year. And that means you need $42,704 worth of Coca-Cola stock in order to get $100 a month of dividends.
Apple has a 0.38% dividend yield, so you're going to need much more money in order to get $100 a month. You need $315,789 worth of Apple stock.
Now, with AT&T, you only need $28,503.
So why doesn't everyone just buy AT&T?
Well, that's because there's a huge trade off.
Companies that pay high dividends are usually returning cash to their investors instead of reinvesting it for growth.
So AT&T stock price has barely moved in a decade, but Apple pays almost nothing dividend, 0.38%, but the stock has grown by a lot in that same time period.
The lesson here is that dividends aren't free money. You either get paid now through dividends, or you might get paid later through growth.
So what are your thoughts? Was this more or less than you expected or less?
Let me know in the comments.