Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/3/15, StoneMor Partners L P (NYSE: STON), Starbucks Corp. (NASD: SBUX), and KB Home (NYSE: KBH) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. StoneMor Partners L P will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.63 on 2/16/15, Starbucks Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.32 on 2/20/15, and KB Home will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.025 on 2/19/15.
As a percentage of STON's recent stock price of $28.23, this dividend works out to approximately 2.23%, so look for shares of StoneMor Partners L P to trade 2.23% lower — all else being equal — when STON shares open for trading on 2/3/15. Similarly, investors should look for SBUX to open 0.36% lower in price and for KBH to open 0.20% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for STON, SBUX, and KBH, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
StoneMor Partners L P (NYSE: STON):
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 8.93% for StoneMor Partners L P, 1.44% for Starbucks Corp., and 0.79% for KB Home.
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In Friday trading, StoneMor Partners L P shares are currently off about 0.1%, Starbucks Corp. shares are down about 0.5%, and KB Home shares are down about 1.5% on the day.
