udbyttet

Udbyttet is a Danish noun meaning the yield, payoff, or result obtained from an investment, effort, or business activity. In everyday language it often refers to the return on an undertaking, such as the financial return from an investment or the achieved outcome of a project. The definite form is udbyttet.

In finance, udbyttet specifically denotes the portion of a company’s profits distributed to shareholders. This can be paid as cash or, less commonly, as additional shares. The per-share amount is called udbytte per aktie, while the total distributions in a given period are described as udbytte for that period. A closely related term is udbytteprocent, or dividend yield, which is the annual dividend relative to the market price of the share and is expressed as a percentage.

Calculation examples: if a company pays 20 million DKK in dividends in a year and has 10 million shares outstanding, the udbytte per aktie is 2 DKK. If the share price is 50 DKK, the udbytteprocent (dividend yield) is 4%. Different jurisdictions may have varying tax rules for dividends, affecting net income for investors.

Beyond finance, udbyttet can describe the overall return or payoff of an action or strategy, such as “udbyttet af investeringen” or “udbyttet af arbejdet,” referring to the outcome or benefit gained.

See also: udbytte, udbyttepolitik, dividend yield.