Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Invesco Value Municipal

On July 1, 2021, Invesco Value Municipal IIM declared a dividend payable on July 30, 2021 to its shareholders. Invesco Value Municipal also announced that shareholders on the company's books on or before July 14, 2021 are entitled to the dividend. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. The ex-dividend date for Invesco Value Municipal is set for July 13, 2021. The company's current dividend payout sits at $0.06, equating to a dividend yield of 4.66% at current price levels.

What Are Ex-Dividend Dates?

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.

Invesco Value Municipal's Dividend Performance

Over the past year, Invesco Value Municipal has experienced no change regarding its dividend payouts and a downward trend regarding its yields. Last year on March 12, 2021 the company's payout was $0.06, which has returned to its value today. Invesco Value Municipal's dividend yield last year was 4.94%, which has since decreased by 0.28%.
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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