On stock market reports what do YDT Return and Yield mean?

Question

These terms come up when reviewing a specific stock.
Which term better indicates the value of a stock ---- a stock I might purchase?

Answer 1

YTD means Year to Date, it is the return since January 1st, upto today.
Yield can be one of the following:
- the average yearly return over a longer period, say five or ten years, dividends including;
- the total return over the period given, again including dividends
- the total annual dividend divided by the current stock price.

None of these back looking indicators except the very last one reflects the current value of a stock.
However, high dividend paying stocks seem to do better than average.
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Answer 3

YTD means year to date suppose we are on 18th of Feb so YTD will mean any data or statistics till 18th.

On the other hand yield is the return which the scrip has given till now.