Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 11/9/16, Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE: COF), The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW), and Kemper Corp. (NYSE: KMPR) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Capital One Financial Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.40 on 11/25/16, The Charles Schwab Corporation will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.07 on 11/28/16, and Kemper Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.24 on 11/30/16.
As a percentage of COF's recent stock price of $74.76, this dividend works out to approximately 0.54%, so look for shares of Capital One Financial Corp to trade 0.54% lower — all else being equal — when COF shares open for trading on 11/9/16. Similarly, investors should look for SCHW to open 0.22% lower in price and for KMPR to open 0.66% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for COF, SCHW, and KMPR, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE: COF):
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 2.14% for Capital One Financial Corp, 0.88% for The Charles Schwab Corporation, and 2.66% for Kemper Corp. .
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In Monday trading, Capital One Financial Corp shares are currently up about 2.3%, The Charles Schwab Corporation shares are up about 3.3%, and Kemper Corp. shares are up about 1.4% on the day.
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