Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 8/4/14, Cash America International, Inc. (NYSE: CSH), City National Corp. (NYSE: CYN), and First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE: FPO) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Cash America International, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.035 on 8/20/14, City National Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.33 on 8/20/14, and First Potomac Realty Trust will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.15 on 8/15/14.
As a percentage of CSH's recent stock price of $44.59, this dividend works out to approximately 0.08%, so look for shares of Cash America International, Inc. to trade 0.08% lower — all else being equal — when CSH shares open for trading on 8/4/14. Similarly, investors should look for CYN to open 0.43% lower in price and for FPO to open 1.13% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for CSH, CYN, and FPO, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Cash America International, Inc. (NYSE: CSH):
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 0.31% for Cash America International, Inc., 1.72% for City National Corp. , and 4.54% for First Potomac Realty Trust.
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In Thursday trading, Cash America International, Inc. shares are currently down about 0.8%, City National Corp. shares are off about 0.9%, and First Potomac Realty Trust shares are down about 0.6% on the day.
