Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 12/14/17, Digital Realty Trust Inc (Symbol: DLR), United Community Banks Inc (Symbol: UCBI), and Crown Castle International Corp (Symbol: CCI) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Digital Realty Trust Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.93 on 1/12/18, United Community Banks Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.10 on 1/5/18, and Crown Castle International Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $1.05 on 12/29/17. As a percentage of DLR's recent stock price of $113.72, this dividend works out to approximately 0.82%, so look for shares of Digital Realty Trust Inc to trade 0.82% lower - all else being equal - when DLR shares open for trading on 12/14/17. Similarly, investors should look for UCBI to open 0.36% lower in price and for CCI to open 0.95% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for DLR, UCBI, and CCI, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Digital Realty Trust Inc (Symbol: DLR) :
United Community Banks Inc (Symbol: UCBI) :
Crown Castle International Corp (Symbol: CCI) :
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 3.27% for Digital Realty Trust Inc, 1.44% for United Community Banks Inc , and 3.79% for Crown Castle International Corp .
In Tuesday trading, Digital Realty Trust Inc shares are currently off about 1.1%, United Community Banks Inc shares are up about 0.3%, and Crown Castle International Corp shares are trading flat on the day.
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