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Ordinary, special dividends and TTM yield
Maintained by Dividends.sg · Guide reviewed 17 September 2026
The label on an issuer’s announcement matters. A payment can be genuine without belonging in a recurring-yield assumption.
- Ordinary
- A declared distribution for a reporting period; future amounts may change.
- Special
- A separately identified payment; do not assume it repeats.
- TTM yield
- Eligible cash distributions over the past twelve months ÷ current price.
SGD 0.20 ordinary + SGD 0.10 special = SGD 0.30 recorded cash per share. At a price of SGD 10, the TTM yield is 3%. This is historical arithmetic, not a forecast.
Ordinary dividends
Ordinary or interim/final dividends are the company’s regular declared distributions for a reporting period. Their frequency and amount can still change; “ordinary” does not promise a future payment.
Special dividends and capital returns
A special dividend or capital-return distribution is separately described by the issuer. It may be included in a historical total when it is a valid cash distribution, but it should be identified separately when interpreting a recurring pattern. DBS’s official dividend history lists capital-return and ordinary dividends as separate rows.
What TTM means here
TTM is a measurement window, not a forecast. Dividends.sg adds eligible dividend and interest rows by ex date for the latest twelve months, converts currencies only with usable rates, and divides by the current price. If any required amount or rate is missing, the TTM total is unavailable.
For issuer-specific history, compare the local row with OCBC’s shareholder information or UOB’s dividend history.