Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 1/10/25, General Mills Inc (Symbol: GIS), Advance Auto Parts Inc (Symbol: AAP), and New York Times Co. (Symbol: NYT) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. General Mills Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.60 on 2/3/25, Advance Auto Parts Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.25 on 1/24/25, and New York Times Co. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.13 on 1/23/25. As a percentage of GIS's recent stock price of $60.89, this dividend works out to approximately 0.99%, so look for shares of General Mills Inc to trade 0.99% lower — all else being equal — when GIS shares open for trading on 1/10/25. Similarly, investors should look for AAP to open 0.54% lower in price and for NYT to open 0.25% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for GIS, AAP, and NYT, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
General Mills Inc (Symbol: GIS):
Advance Auto Parts Inc (Symbol: AAP):
New York Times Co. (Symbol: NYT):
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 3.94% for General Mills Inc, 2.17% for Advance Auto Parts Inc, and 1.00% for New York Times Co..
In Wednesday trading, General Mills Inc shares are currently down about 1%, Advance Auto Parts Inc shares are off about 3.8%, and New York Times Co. shares are down about 1% on the day.
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