Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/20/22, LTC Properties, Inc. (Symbol: LTC), Dell Technologies Inc (Symbol: DELL), and West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (Symbol: WST) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. LTC Properties, Inc. will pay its monthly dividend of $0.19 on 4/29/22, Dell Technologies Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.33 on 4/29/22, and West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.18 on 5/4/22. As a percentage of LTC's recent stock price of $36.95, this dividend works out to approximately 0.51%, so look for shares of LTC Properties, Inc. to trade 0.51% lower — all else being equal — when LTC shares open for trading on 4/20/22. Similarly, investors should look for DELL to open 0.70% lower in price and for WST to open 0.05% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for LTC, DELL, and WST, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
LTC Properties, Inc. (Symbol: LTC):
Dell Technologies Inc (Symbol: DELL):
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (Symbol: WST):
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 6.17% for LTC Properties, Inc., 2.79% for Dell Technologies Inc, and 0.19% for West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc..
In Monday trading, LTC Properties, Inc. shares are currently up about 0.5%, Dell Technologies Inc shares are up about 0.9%, and West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. shares are up about 0.3% on the day.
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