Custom Dividend Yield Quote Column

[FreshD]

I'm brand new here, hi to everyone! This looks like an excellent knowledge share site for TOS. I was trying to script a custom quote to display a column on my watchlist for the prior year's dividend yield in percent. Mainly so that I can create columns for the prior 5 years of dividend yield (years 1-5) and see at a glance how the yield has changed compared to the 5 year avg and current dividend. TOS has prebuilt quotes for the yield % (current dividend) and the dividend yield (annual yield) but not for prior years. I was trying to modify the code I have below using the close() function in plain text, which runs in the thinkscript fine. When I change the function from "close()" to "getdividend()" or "getyield()" I receive errors from the thinkscript I have not been able to overcome. I was unable to paste a screenshot on the post, and the link I inserted to my google drive of the image was marked as spam, and I was unable to submit it. Any help would be appreciated.

"def agg = AggregationPeriod.YEAR;
plot data = close(period = agg)"

"def agg = AggregationPeriod.YEAR;
plot data = GetDividend(period = agg)[1];"

*No such parameter: period at 2:13
*0 params expected but 1 found while calling getdividend at 2:13

 

[FreshD]

What I am basically trying to do is just convert my dividend per share quote columns (Current annual dividend, 2021 annual dividend, 2020 annual dividend, 2019 annual dividend...) into dividend yield columns so I can see them in percentage. Would it be possible to say divide this function by the price (price of the last trading day per each year, or yearly H+L/2, etc) to create a new custom quote for each? My last attempt can be seen in the code below with quotations and with an asterisk next to the error. Also, how do I pull the price at the time the dividend was paid or the last trading day for each dividend year or period? Will the script use the same period for price (same bar) as the "DividendsPerShareTTM()".

"def price = hl2;
DividendsPerShareTTM()/price;"

*Invalid statement: DividendsPerShareTTM at 2:1

 

[MerryDay]

The ToS platform provides us the ability to display some of the fundamentals in watchlist columns but it doesn't allow us to utilize them in watchlist scripts.

 

[FreshD]

The ToS platform provides us the ability to display some of the fundamentals in watchlist columns but it doesn't allow us to utilize them in watchlist scripts.

Is there a way calculate the dividend yield for each year in a script without using fundamentals that are not allowed in watchlist scripts?

 

[MerryDay]

Is there a way calculate the dividend yield for each year in a script without using fundamentals that are not allowed in watchlist scripts?

If you have a formula for calculating dividend yields which does not use Financial Fundamental data, you could try it in a watchlist script.