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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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRL) - $1.1500 dividend, 3.3300 percent yield
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Science Applications International Corp (NYSE: SAIC) - $0.3100 dividend, 1.8635 percent yield
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Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) - $0.2600 dividend,
2.5484 percent yield
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AbbVie Inc (NYSE: ABBV) - $0.5700 dividend, 3.5592
percent yield
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Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDCO) -
$0.2400 dividend, 2.1197 percent yield
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Buckle Inc (NYSE: BKE) - $0.2500 dividend, 4.0388
percent yield
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Masco Corp (NYSE: MAS) - $0.1000 dividend, 1.1652
percent yield
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Luxfer Holdings PLC (ADR) (NYSE: LXFR) - $0.1250
dividend, 4.1946 percent yield
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American Financial Group Inc (NYSE: AFG) - $0.3125
dividend, 1.6667 percent yield
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Bank Of The Ozarks Inc (NASDAQ: OZRK) - $0.1650
dividend, 1.7373 percent yield
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