On July 21, 2021, Bar Harbor Bankshares BHB announced shareholders can expect to receive a dividend payable on September 17, 2021. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. The ex-dividend date for Bar Harbor Bankshares is set for August 16, 2021. The company's current dividend payout sits at $0.24, equating to a dividend yield of 3.48% at current price levels.
What Are Ex-Dividend Dates?
Ex-dividend dates are when company shares stop trading with their current dividend payouts in preparation for those companies to announce new ones. 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.
Bar Harbor Bankshares's Dividend History
Over the past year, Bar Harbor Bankshares has seen its dividend payouts climb upward and its yields trend downward. Last year on August 17, 2020 the company's payout sat at $0.22, which has since increased by $0.02. Bar Harbor Bankshares's dividend yield last year was 4.17%, which has since decreased by 0.69%.
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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