Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/10/15, Core Mark Holding Co Inc (NASD: CORE), Extended Stay America Inc (NYSE: STAY), and PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Core Mark Holding Co Inc will pay its annual dividend of $0.13 on 3/26/15, Extended Stay America Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.15 on 3/26/15, and PulteGroup, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.08 on 4/2/15.
As a percentage of CORE's recent stock price of $59.59, this dividend works out to approximately 0.22%, so look for shares of Core Mark Holding Co Inc to trade 0.22% lower — all else being equal — when CORE shares open for trading on 3/10/15. Similarly, investors should look for STAY to open 0.76% lower in price and for PHM to open 0.36% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for CORE, STAY, and PHM, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Core Mark Holding Co Inc (NASD: CORE):
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 0.22% for Core Mark Holding Co Inc, 3.04% for Extended Stay America Inc, and 1.46% for PulteGroup, Inc..
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In Friday trading, Core Mark Holding Co Inc shares are currently up about 0.6%, Extended Stay America Inc shares are off about 1.4%, and PulteGroup, Inc. shares are off about 1.1% on the day.
