Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Ingles Markets

Ingles Markets IMKTA declared a dividend payable on July 15, 2021 to its shareholders as of June 28, 2021. It was also announced that shareholders of Ingles Markets's stock as of July 8, 2021 are entitled to the dividend. The stock is expected to become ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Ingles Markets has an ex-dividend date planned for July 7, 2021. The company's current dividend payout sits at $0.17. That equates to a dividend yield of 1.11% at current price levels.

The Significance Of Ex-Dividend Dates

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.

Ingles Markets's Dividend History

Over the past year, Ingles Markets has experienced no change regarding its dividend payouts and a downward trend regarding its yields. Last year on July 8, 2020 the company's payout was $0.17, which has returned to its value today. Ingles Markets's dividend yield last year was 1.64%, which has since decreased by 0.53%.
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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