On Thursday last week (Thur 29th March 2018) BP plc paid out its quarterly dividend.
One of the largest oil companies in the world.
The dividend was 7.1691p per share.
The total number of voting rights in BP p.l.c. is 19,926,859,767
https://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/bp_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=233&newsid=983623
Thus:
19,926,859,767 x £0.071691 = £1,428,576,503.56
That is £1.428 billion.
That is a 6% yield. Delicious