Ex-dividend date

Dividends and buybacks

The first day the share trades without the right to the next dividend.

How it is worked out

Set by the company when it declares the dividend.

How to read it

  • Whoever holds the share before that day gets the dividend. The price usually drops by about the dividend that day.

Example

Ex-dividend on Monday: whoever held the share on Friday gets the dividend.

Related terms

Related pages

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US stocksThe market today, the sectors, the largest companies and the week's results.The market's sectorsThe 11 sectors side by side: returns, share of the market, median P/E and dividend.Compare stocksTwo companies side by side: price over up to ten years, with and without dividends, and every figure.US dividend stocksEach dividend's yield next to whether the company's cash covers it and whether it was ever cut.

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