Understanding Weingarten Realty's Ex-Dividend Date

On April 26, 2021, Weingarten Realty WRI announced shareholders can expect to receive a dividend payable on June 15, 2021. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Weingarten Realty, whose current dividend payout is $0.23, has an ex-dividend date set at June 9, 2021. The payout equates to a dividend yield of 2.94% at current price levels.

The Significance Of An Ex-Dividend Date

Ex-dividend dates signal when company shares cease to trade with their current dividend payouts. There is a small intermission period before companies announce new dividends. 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.

Weingarten Realty's Dividend Payouts And Yields

Over the past year, Weingarten Realty has experienced an overall upward trend regarding its dividend payouts and a downward trend regarding its yields. Last year on September 4, 2020 the company's payout was $0.18, which has since grown by $0.05. Weingarten Realty's dividend yield last year was 4.18%, which has since decreased by 1.24%.
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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