Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Putnam Managed Municipal

On January 29, 2021, Putnam Managed Municipal PMM announced shareholders can expect to receive a dividend payable on March 1, 2021. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Putnam Managed Municipal has an ex-dividend date set for for February 22, 2021. The company's current dividend payout is $0.03, which equates to a dividend yield of 4.71% at current price levels.

The Significance Of Ex-Dividend Dates

Ex-dividend dates are when company shares stop trading with their current dividend payouts in preparation for those companies to announce new ones. Usually, a company's ex-dividend date falls one business day before its record date. Investors should keep this in mind when purchasing stocks because buying them on or after ex-dividend dates does not qualify them to receive the declared payment. Newly declared dividends go to shareholders who have owned that stock before the ex-dividend date. Most ex-dividend dates operate on a quarterly basis.

Understanding Putnam Managed Municipal's Dividend History

Over the past year, Putnam Managed Municipal has experienced no change regarding its dividend payouts and a downward trend regarding its yields. Last year on November 23, 2020 the company's payout was $0.03, which has returned to its value today. Putnam Managed Municipal's dividend yield last year was 5.05%, which has since decreased by 0.34%.
Companies use dividend yields in different strategic ways. Some companies may opt to not give yields altogether to reinvest in themselves. Other companies may opt to increase or decrease their yield amounts to control how their shares circulate throughout the stock market.

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