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DRIP vs cash

Dividend reinvestment advantage tracker

Adjust dividend yield, growth, price appreciation and Belka tax to compare DRIP with withdrawing cash. See how yield on cost evolves and what it means for your passive income plan.

Yield-on-cost focus

Net dividend vs invested capital

Track how reinvestment lifts your effective income rate.

Scenario testing

Growth, taxes, cash taps

Blend dividend growth, price moves and withdrawals.

Investor guidance

Practical DRIP playbook

Actions to keep payouts compounding instead of leaking away.

Portfolio assumptions

Use realistic parameters to capture how dividend growth, price appreciation and taxes affect your capital path.

One-off capital deployed on day 1

PLN 30,000

Consistent investing that fuels DRIP

PLN 1,200

How long you keep compounding

12

Gross forward yield on current value

4.5%

Annual increase of payouts

5.0%

Expected annual capital gains

4.0%

Belka tax or jurisdictional rate

19.0%

Reinvestment edge

Compare DRIP wealth against taking dividends in cash.

Portfolio with DRIP

PLN 403,669

Yield on cost: 13.0%
Cash withdrawalsPLN 358,696

Compounding gap

Reinvesting creates an advantage of PLN 44,973 (12.5%) versus withdrawing net dividends.

DRIP income

Net annual income of PLN 26,424 with yield-on-cost at 13.0%.

Cash taps

Total net cash taken out from dividends: PLN 90,355.

Invested capital

Total capital deployed including top-ups: PLN 202,800.

Net reinvestment path

Final portfolio

PLN 403,669

After reinvesting every payout

Net dividends received

PLN 117,054

Net after Belka tax

Yield on cost

13.0%

Net annual rate vs contributions

Scenario comparison

Stack DRIP wealth next to the cash path and see the gap created by compounding.

DRIP wealth

PLN 403,669

Net dividends reinvested

Cash path

PLN 358,696

Dividends withdrawn

Yield on cost

13.0%

Net annual income vs invested capital

Figures use constant growth assumptions. Stress-test different yields and taxes to reflect your holdings.

Investor guidance

Practical signals to decide when DRIP or cash fits your plan.

Monitor yield-on-cost: if it rises above your target passive income rate, DRIP is compounding as planned.
Rising dividend growth can offset slower price appreciation—reinvesting captures that acceleration.
High tax drag makes reinvestment even more valuable because each payout re-enters before inflation erodes it.
When you need cash flow, consider partial DRIP: reinvest half, withdraw half to keep compounding alive.
Stress-test lower dividend growth to check how resilient your plan is under weaker hikes.