Credit: Shutterstock photoLooking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 12/14/17, Global Payments Inc (Symbol: GPN), Worthington Industries, Inc. (Symbol: WOR), and Methanex Corp (Symbol: MEOH) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Global Payments Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.01 on 12/29/17, Worthington Industries, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.21 on 12/29/17, and Methanex Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.30 on 12/31/17. As a percentage of GPN's recent stock price of $100.20, this dividend works out to approximately 0.01%, so look for shares of Global Payments Inc to trade 0.01% lower - all else being equal - when GPN shares open for trading on 12/14/17. Similarly, investors should look for WOR to open 0.49% lower in price and for MEOH to open 0.55% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for GPN, WOR, and MEOH, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Global Payments Inc (Symbol: GPN) :
Worthington Industries, Inc. (Symbol: WOR) :
Methanex Corp (Symbol: MEOH) :
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 0.04% for Global Payments Inc, 1.97% for Worthington Industries, Inc., and 2.21% for Methanex Corp.
In Tuesday trading, Global Payments Inc shares are currently trading flat, Worthington Industries, Inc. shares are up about 0.3%, and Methanex Corp shares are up about 1.9% on the day.
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