Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 1/2/25, Federal Realty Investment Trust (Symbol: FRT), Pegasystems Inc (Symbol: PEGA), and Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Symbol: WERN) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Federal Realty Investment Trust will pay its quarterly dividend of $1.10 on 1/15/25, Pegasystems Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.03 on 1/16/25, and Werner Enterprises, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.14 on 1/15/25. As a percentage of FRT's recent stock price of $110.92, this dividend works out to approximately 0.99%, so look for shares of Federal Realty Investment Trust to trade 0.99% lower — all else being equal — when FRT shares open for trading on 1/2/25. Similarly, investors should look for PEGA to open 0.03% lower in price and for WERN to open 0.39% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for FRT, PEGA, and WERN, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Federal Realty Investment Trust (Symbol: FRT):
Pegasystems Inc (Symbol: PEGA):
Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Symbol: WERN):
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 3.97% for Federal Realty Investment Trust, 0.13% for Pegasystems Inc, and 1.56% for Werner Enterprises, Inc..
In Tuesday trading, Federal Realty Investment Trust shares are currently off about 0.5%, Pegasystems Inc shares are down about 1.2%, and Werner Enterprises, Inc. shares are down about 0.9% on the day.
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