Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 8/2/16, Starbucks Corp. (NASD: SBUX), KB Home (NYSE: KBH), and NextEra Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NEP) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Starbucks Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.20 on 8/19/16, KB Home will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.025 on 8/18/16, and NextEra Energy Partners LP will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.33 on 8/12/16.
As a percentage of SBUX's recent stock price of $58.33, this dividend works out to approximately 0.34%, so look for shares of Starbucks Corp. to trade 0.34% lower — all else being equal — when SBUX shares open for trading on 8/2/16. Similarly, investors should look for KBH to open 0.15% lower in price and for NEP to open 1.04% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for SBUX, KBH, and NEP, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Starbucks Corp. (NASD: SBUX):
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 1.37% for Starbucks Corp., 0.61% for KB Home, and 4.14% for NextEra Energy Partners LP.
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In Friday trading, Starbucks Corp. shares are currently up about 0.2%, KB Home shares are down about 1.8%, and NextEra Energy Partners LP shares are up about 2.3% on the day.
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