public static Double calculateDividendYield(String stockSymbol)
{
Double returnValue = 0;
Stock stock = Stock.findStockbySymbol(stockSymbol);
try
{
if (stock.type.Equals("Preferd"))
{
returnValue = stock.lastDividend / tickerPrice;
}
else if (stock.type.Equals("Common"))
{
returnValue = stock.fixedDividend * stock.parValue / tickerPrice;
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("WARNING: Wrong Stock type!!");
}
}
catch (DivideByZeroException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("ERROR: DivideByZeroException: Have a look on the stock.parValue of the Stock= " + stock.symbol);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("ERROR: Ooops! Something went wrong");
Console.WriteLine("ERROR MESSAGE: " + ex.Message);
}
return(returnValue);
}
public static Double PERatio(String stockSymbol)
{
Double returnValue = 0;
Stock stock = Stock.findStockbySymbol(stockSymbol);
try {
returnValue = tickerPrice / stock.lastDividend;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("ERROR: Ooops! Something went wrong");
Console.WriteLine("ERROR MESSAGE: " + ex.Message);
}
return(returnValue);
}