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Ex-Dividend Reminder: Carter's, Polaris Industries and Abercrombie & Fitch

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 8/28/14, Carter's Inc (NYSE: CRI), Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Carter's Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.19 on 9/12/14, Polaris Industries Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.48 on 9/15/14, and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.20 on 9/10/14.

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As a percentage of CRI's recent stock price of $83.79, this dividend works out to approximately 0.23%, so look for shares of Carter's Inc to trade 0.23% lower — all else being equal — when CRI shares open for trading on 8/28/14. Similarly, investors should look for PII to open 0.33% lower in price and for ANF to open 0.46% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for CRI, PII, and ANF, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Carter's Inc (NYSE: CRI):

Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII):

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF):

In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs of company profits over time. Therefore, a good first due diligence step in forming an expectation of annual yield going forward, is looking at the history above, for a sense of stability over time. This can help in judging whether the most recent dividends from these companies are likely to continue. If they do continue, the current estimated yields on annualized basis would be 0.91% for Carter's Inc, 1.30% for Polaris Industries Inc., and 1.83% for Abercrombie & Fitch Co..


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In Tuesday trading, Carter's Inc shares are currently up about 0.7%, Polaris Industries Inc. shares are down about 0.1%, and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. shares are up about 0.2% on the day.