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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.
The buyer of you stock will not receive the latest dividend payment pay-out, but would receive the next dividend pay-out if held one day prior to the next ex-dividend date. When the owner sells the stock on/soon after (before the record date) the ex-dividend date, the owner is "selling it without the dividend."
For instance, on the day before an ex-dividend date, it may make sense to exercise an equity call option early in order to collect the dividend. In general, equity call options should only be exercised early on the day before an ex-dividend date, and then only for deep in-the-money options.
The stock is expected to become ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Mercury General, which has a current dividend per share of $0.63, has an ex-dividend date scheduled for March ...
Dividend investing is a tried-and-true strategy for generating strong, steady returns in economies both good and bad. But as corporate America's slew of dividend cuts and suspensions over the past ...
Five dividend-paying companies will report second-quarter 2022 earnings results next week. These are: HAL, FNB, DGX, SLB and NEP. 5 Dividend-Paying Stocks to Buy Ahead of Earnings Next Week
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.
JEPQ data by YCharts.. Long-term dividend yields. The monthly payouts added up to $5.38 per share over the last year, or a 10.7% yield against the current share price of approximately $58.