Ex-dividend dates
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The company declares it is going to pay dividends to its shareholders (the people who own stocks). The date of that announcement is officially recorded. Then the ex-dividend date is set, usually the day after. If you owned stocks before that date, you are entitled to the dividends. If you buy the stocks on or after the ex-dividend date, you will not get those dividends.
For stocks that pay dividends, the ex-dividend date is the first business/trading day AFTER the record date. The record date is the date of record to determine who is entitled to receive the declared dividend payment. So if you own a dividend paying stock on the record date, you’ll receive the dividend payment even if you sold the stock after the record date but before the payment date. Conversely, if you buy the stock on the ex-dividend date, the prior owner will receive the declared dividend on the payment date.
For stocks that pay dividends, the ex-dividend date is the first business/trading day AFTER the record date. The record date is the date of record to determine who is entitled to receive the declared dividend payment. So if you own a dividend paying stock on the record date, you’ll receive the dividend payment even if you sold the stock after the record date but before the payment date. Conversely, if you buy the stock on the ex-dividend date, the prior owner will receive the declared dividend on the payment date.
The company declares it is going to pay dividends to its shareholders (the people who own stocks). The date of that announcement is officially recorded. Then the ex-dividend date is set, usually the day after. If you owned stocks before that date, you are entitled to the dividends. If you buy the stocks on or after the ex-dividend date, you will not get those dividends.
There is a difference between when the dividend for a share is paid out and when the calculations are made so if you for example hold the shares on the 1st of May and the ex-dividend date is the 2nd of May and you sell the shares on the 3rd of May you will still be paid the dividend.
For stocks that pay dividends, the ex-dividend date is the first business/trading day AFTER the record date. The record date is the date of record to determine who is entitled to receive the declared dividend payment. So if you own a dividend paying stock on the record date, you’ll receive the dividend payment even if you sold the stock after the record date but before the payment date. Conversely, if you buy the stock on the ex-dividend date, the prior owner will receive the declared dividend on the payment date.
There is a difference between when the dividend for a share is paid out and when the calculations are made so if you for example hold the shares on the 1st of May and the ex-dividend date is the 2nd of May and you sell the shares on the 3rd of May you will still be paid the dividend.
The company declares it is going to pay dividends to its shareholders (the people who own stocks). The date of that announcement is officially recorded. Then the ex-dividend date is set, usually the day after. If you owned stocks before that date, you are entitled to the dividends. If you buy the stocks on or after the ex-dividend date, you will not get those dividends.
There is a difference between when the dividend for a share is paid out and when the calculations are made so if you for example hold the shares on the 1st of May and the ex-dividend date is the 2nd of May and you sell the shares on the 3rd of May you will still be paid the dividend.
The *ex-dividend date* is the date on which a new buyer of a stock would not be eligible for the upcoming dividend. That dividend instead goes to the seller of the stock (I.e. the person who held the stock the day prior (called the *record date.*)
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