Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 11/10/14, S & T Bancorp, Inc. (NASD: STBA), Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd (NYSE: AHL), and American Campus Communities Inc (NYSE: ACC) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. S & T Bancorp, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.18 on 11/28/14, Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.20 on 12/2/14, and American Campus Communities Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.38 on 11/26/14.
As a percentage of STBA's recent stock price of $27.83, this dividend works out to approximately 0.65%, so look for shares of S & T Bancorp, Inc. to trade 0.65% lower — all else being equal — when STBA shares open for trading on 11/10/14. Similarly, investors should look for AHL to open 0.46% lower in price and for ACC to open 0.97% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for STBA, AHL, and ACC, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
S & T Bancorp, Inc. (NASD: STBA):
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 2.59% for S & T Bancorp, Inc. , 1.85% for Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd, and 3.86% for American Campus Communities Inc.
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In Thursday trading, S & T Bancorp, Inc. shares are currently down about 1.8%, Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd shares are down about 0.3%, and American Campus Communities Inc shares are down about 0.3% on the day.
