Analyzing Rent-A-Center's Ex-Dividend Date

On June 9, 2021, Rent-A-Center RCII declared a dividend payable on July 13, 2021 to its shareholders. Rent-A-Center also announced that shareholders on the company's books on or before June 22, 2021 are entitled to the dividend. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Rent-A-Center has an ex-dividend date set for for June 21, 2021. The company's current dividend payout is $0.31, which equates to a dividend yield of 1.89% 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. Typically, companies will announce and implement new dividend yields on a quarterly basis.

Rent-A-Center's Dividend Performance

Over the past year, Rent-A-Center has experienced an overall upward trend regarding its dividend payouts and a downward trend regarding its yields. Last year on July 9, 2020 the company's payout was $0.29, which has since grown by $0.02. Rent-A-Center's dividend yield last year was 4.46%, which has since decreased by 2.57%.
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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