Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/18/15, Crown Castle International Corp (NYSE: CCI), Avago Technologies Ltd (NASD: AVGO), and Air Lease Corp (NYSE: AL) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Crown Castle International Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.82 on 3/31/15, Avago Technologies Ltd will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.38 on 3/31/15, and Air Lease Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.04 on 4/7/15.
As a percentage of CCI's recent stock price of $85.26, this dividend works out to approximately 0.96%, so look for shares of Crown Castle International Corp to trade 0.96% lower — all else being equal — when CCI shares open for trading on 3/18/15. Similarly, investors should look for AVGO to open 0.30% lower in price and for AL to open 0.11% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for CCI, AVGO, and AL, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Crown Castle International Corp (NYSE: CCI):
In general, dividend stocks 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 3.85% for Crown Castle International Corp , 1.18% for Avago Technologies Ltd, and 0.43% for Air Lease Corp.
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In Monday trading, Crown Castle International Corp shares are currently up about 0.4%, Avago Technologies Ltd shares are up about 2.8%, and Air Lease Corp shares are up about 0.6% on the day.