The company's Board of Directors declares how much of a dividend they will pay, based on the company's profits, on a quarterly basis. So you'd only get a dividend check every 3 months at most. And if the directors want to keep that cash in the company to reinvest in the company, they may not pay any dividend at all. Its entirely up to them, so no one can tell you how much you'll get.

But if you only paid $5 per share for the stock, I'm thinking your dividend is only going to be a few cents per share.

A dividend would be declared by the board of directors, & that statement would include what class of stock would be paid how much $$ per share based on the ownership on a specific date.

If I have 1000 shares of stock buying at 5/share, how much money would I get per-share with dividends? I'm 15, so I can't get a job and I would like a source of income and I have no idea how much money yielding stocks can provide....

Thanks, very much.

Regards, Mason.