Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 12/13/24, GATX Corp (Symbol: GATX), Verisk Analytics Inc (Symbol: VRSK), and Textron Inc (Symbol: TXT) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. GATX Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.58 on 12/31/24, Verisk Analytics Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.39 on 12/31/24, and Textron Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.02 on 1/1/25. As a percentage of GATX's recent stock price of $165.55, this dividend works out to approximately 0.35%, so look for shares of GATX Corp to trade 0.35% lower — all else being equal — when GATX shares open for trading on 12/13/24. Similarly, investors should look for VRSK to open 0.14% lower in price and for TXT to open 0.02% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for GATX, VRSK, and TXT, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
GATX Corp (Symbol: GATX):
Verisk Analytics Inc (Symbol: VRSK):
Textron Inc (Symbol: TXT):
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 1.40% for GATX Corp, 0.54% for Verisk Analytics Inc, and 0.10% for Textron Inc.
In Wednesday trading, GATX Corp shares are currently up about 1.4%, Verisk Analytics Inc shares are up about 0.6%, and Textron Inc shares are down about 0.4% on the day.
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