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In Friday’s after-hours session, General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) declared a 1-cent per share dividend, applicable for the outstanding common stock of the company. The dividend is payable on ...
Thus the key date for a stock purchase is the ex-dividend date: a purchase on that date (or after) will be ex (outside, without right to) the dividend. If, for whatever reason, a share transfer prior to the ex-dividend date is not recorded on the register in time, the seller is obligated to repay the dividend to the buyer when he receives it.
Just six months ago, the GE dividend was slashed by 50%. Some investors and analysts are starting to brace for another dividend cut.
GE's current dividend yield is to 3.8 percent, higher than its industrial rivals Honeywell, United Technologies and Eaton.
The ex-dividend date, i.e. the first date in which a new buyer of shares would not be entitled to the dividend, is the business day prior to the record date (see ex-dividend date for exceptions). In the case of a special dividend of 25% or more, however, special rules that are quite different apply.
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General Electric in Schenectady, New York, aerial view, 1896 Plan of Schenectady plant, 1896 [19] General Electric Building at 570 Lexington Avenue, New York. During 1889, Thomas Edison (1847–1931) had business interests in many electricity-related companies, including Edison Lamp Company, a lamp manufacturer in East Newark, New Jersey; Edison Machine Works, a manufacturer of dynamos and ...
It seems as though over the past year, General Electric (GE) has fallen at a very steadfast pace. After slashing their dividend in November 2017 from 24 cents to 12 cents, getting kicked off the ...