Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/7/25, Open Text Corp (Symbol: OTEX), Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc (Symbol: KNX), and Unifirst Corp (Symbol: UNF) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Open Text Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.2625 on 3/21/25, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.18 on 3/25/25, and Unifirst Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.35 on 3/28/25. As a percentage of OTEX's recent stock price of $25.59, this dividend works out to approximately 1.03%, so look for shares of Open Text Corp to trade 1.03% lower — all else being equal — when OTEX shares open for trading on 3/7/25. Similarly, investors should look for KNX to open 0.38% lower in price and for UNF to open 0.17% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for OTEX, KNX, and UNF, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Open Text Corp (Symbol: OTEX):
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc (Symbol: KNX):
Unifirst Corp (Symbol: UNF):
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 4.10% for Open Text Corp, 1.50% for Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc, and 0.68% for Unifirst Corp.
In Wednesday trading, Open Text Corp shares are currently up about 0.5%, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc shares are down about 2.5%, and Unifirst Corp shares are off about 2.8% on the day.
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