On 4/1/24, Choice Hotels International, New York Times, and Agilent Technologies will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Choice Hotels International will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.2875 on 4/17/24, New York Times will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.13 on 4/18/24, and Agilent Technologies will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.236 on 4/24/24.
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As a percentage of CHH's recent stock price of $127.90, this dividend works out to approximately 0.22%, so look for shares of Choice Hotels International, Inc. to trade 0.22% lower — all else being equal — when CHH shares open for trading on 4/1/24. Similarly, investors should look for NYT to open 0.29% lower in price and for A to open 0.16% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for CHH, NYT, and A, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Choice Hotels International:
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New York Times:
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Agilent Technologies:
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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 0.90% for Choice Hotels International, 1.18% for New York Times, and 0.64% for Agilent Technologies.
In Thursday trading, Choice Hotels International shares are currently up about 2.1%, New York Times shares are up about 0.9%, and Agilent Technologies shares are up about 2% on the day.
