It’s critical to know whether a stock you plan on buying has an ex-dividend status, because in case it does, the dividend would be
paid out to the seller. The person who owns the stock on the ex-dividend date will be awarded the payment, which means that you’ll
have to wait for the next dividend cycle to receive your first dividend payout from the company.
On the other hand, share prices typically decline just after the ex-dividend date is declared, and usually by an amount equal to
the expected dividend. So, this may give you the opportunity to identify a good entry point. If you’re planning on selling shares
on or after the ex-dividend date, you'll receive the dividend payout from the company.
Here is the list of stocks going ex-dividend on Wednesday.
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Childrens Place Inc (NASDAQ: PLCE) - $0.2000
dividend, 0.9317 percent yield
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Hooker Furniture Corporation (NASDAQ: HOFT) -
$0.1000 dividend, 1.7197 percent yield
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Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE: NX) -
$0.0400 dividend, 0.8130 percent yield
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Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI) - $0.2025 dividend,
2.5194 percent yield
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Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ: EDUC) - $0.0900 dividend, 2.9752 percent yield
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Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE: TDS) - $0.1480
dividend, 2.0421 percent yield
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Hanover Insurance Group Inc (NYSE: THG) - $0.4600
dividend, 2.3572 percent yield
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Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ: LAMR) - $0.7600
dividend, 4.8033 percent yield
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Landauer Inc (NYSE: LDR) - $0.2750 dividend, 2.3419
percent yield
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Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: ENH) -
$0.3800 dividend, 2.3489 percent yield
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