Understanding Universal Display's Ex-Dividend Date

On May 6, 2021, Universal Display OLED announced shareholders can expect to receive a dividend payable on June 30, 2021. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. The ex-dividend date for Universal Display is set for June 14, 2021. The company's current dividend payout sits at $0.2, equating to a dividend yield of 0.36% at current price levels.

The Significance Of An Ex-Dividend Date

An ex-dividend date signals when a company's shares cease to trade with its current dividend payout. There is a small intermission period before the company announces a new dividend. 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.

Universal Display's Dividend Performance

Over the past year, Universal Display has seen its dividend payouts climb upward and its yields trend downward. Last year on June 12, 2020 the company's payout sat at $0.15, which has since increased by $0.05. Universal Display's dividend yield last year was 0.41%, which has since decreased by 0.05%.
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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