Understanding Cogent Comms Hldgs's Ex-Dividend Date

On August 4, 2021, Cogent Comms Hldgs CCOI declared a dividend payable on September 3, 2021 to its shareholders. Cogent Comms Hldgs also announced that shareholders on the company's books on or before August 20, 2021 are entitled to the dividend. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Cogent Comms Hldgs has an ex-dividend date set for for August 19, 2021. The company's current dividend payout is $0.81, which equates to a dividend yield of 4.14% at current price levels.

The Significance Of An Ex-Dividend Date

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.

Cogent Comms Hldgs's Dividend Performance

Over the past year, Cogent Comms Hldgs has experienced an overall upward trend regarding its dividend payouts and yields. Last year on August 20, 2020 the company's payout was $0.7, which has since grown by $0.1. Similarly, Cogent Comms Hldgs's dividend yield in last year was 3.2%, which has since grown by 0.94%.
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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