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Ex-Dividend Reminder: Coca-Cola Enterprises, Flowers Foods and Coach

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/4/15, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (NYSE: CCE), Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO), and Coach , Inc. (NYSE: COH) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.28 on 3/19/15, Flowers Foods, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.1325 on 3/20/15, and Coach, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.3375 on 3/30/15.

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As a percentage of CCE's recent stock price of $46.37, this dividend works out to approximately 0.60%, so look for shares of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc to trade 0.60% lower — all else being equal — when CCE shares open for trading on 3/4/15. Similarly, investors should look for FLO to open 0.61% lower in price and for COH to open 0.78% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for CCE, FLO, and COH, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (NYSE: CCE):

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO):

Coach, Inc. (NYSE: COH):

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 2.42% for Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc, 2.45% for Flowers Foods, Inc., and 3.13% for Coach, Inc..


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In Monday trading, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc shares are currently up about 0.4%, Flowers Foods, Inc. shares are up about 0.1%, and Coach, Inc. shares are off about 1% on the day.