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 Friday.
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) -
$0.4300 dividend, 1.7632 percent yield
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Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: GBCI) - $0.2000
dividend, 2.7982 percent yield
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Brady Corp (NYSE: BRC) - $0.2050 dividend, 2.4871
percent yield
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Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC) -
$0.3400 dividend, 2.0359 percent yield
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Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE: WDR) - $0.4600
dividend, 10.2052 percent yield
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UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR) - $0.2950 dividend, 3.2906
percent yield
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KMG Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: KMG) - $0.0300 dividend,
0.4295 percent yield
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Dynagas LNG Partners LP (NYSE: DLNG) - $0.4225
dividend, 10.8195 percent yield
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OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE) - $0.3025 dividend,
3.7254 percent yield
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Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) - $0.2200
dividend, 1.1182 percent yield
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