Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/3/25, East West Bancorp, Inc (Symbol: EWBC), Aon plc (Symbol: AON), and WestAmerica Bancorporation (Symbol: WABC) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. East West Bancorp, Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.60 on 2/17/25, Aon plc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.675 on 2/14/25, and WestAmerica Bancorporation will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.44 on 2/14/25. As a percentage of EWBC's recent stock price of $103.25, this dividend works out to approximately 0.58%, so look for shares of East West Bancorp, Inc to trade 0.58% lower — all else being equal — when EWBC shares open for trading on 2/3/25. Similarly, investors should look for AON to open 0.18% lower in price and for WABC to open 0.85% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for EWBC, AON, and WABC, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
East West Bancorp, Inc (Symbol: EWBC):
Aon plc (Symbol: AON):
WestAmerica Bancorporation (Symbol: WABC):
In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs of company profits over time. Therefore, a good first due diligence step in forming an expectation of annual yield going forward, is looking at the history above, for a sense of stability over time. This can help in judging whether the most recent dividends from these companies are likely to continue. If they do continue, the current estimated yields on annualized basis would be 2.32% for East West Bancorp, Inc, 0.74% for Aon plc, and 3.41% for WestAmerica Bancorporation.
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In Thursday trading, East West Bancorp, Inc shares are currently up about 0.2%, Aon plc shares are down about 1.3%, and WestAmerica Bancorporation shares are off about 0.9% on the day.
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