Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 12/16/24, Paramount Global (Symbol: PARA), UGI Corp. (Symbol: UGI), and Chesapeake Utilities Corp. (Symbol: CPK) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Paramount Global will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.05 on 1/2/25, UGI Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.375 on 1/1/25, and Chesapeake Utilities Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.64 on 1/6/25. As a percentage of PARA's recent stock price of $11.19, this dividend works out to approximately 0.45%, so look for shares of Paramount Global to trade 0.45% lower — all else being equal — when PARA shares open for trading on 12/16/24. Similarly, investors should look for UGI to open 1.31% lower in price and for CPK to open 0.50% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for PARA, UGI, and CPK, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Paramount Global (Symbol: PARA):
UGI Corp. (Symbol: UGI):
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. (Symbol: CPK):
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 1.79% for Paramount Global, 5.24% for UGI Corp., and 2.00% for Chesapeake Utilities Corp..
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In Thursday trading, Paramount Global shares are currently down about 0.1%, UGI Corp. shares are up about 0.3%, and Chesapeake Utilities Corp. shares are up about 0.1% on the day.
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