Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 11/18/25, Prudential Financial Inc (Symbol: PRU), Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (Symbol: CTSH), and Verisign Inc (Symbol: VRSN) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Prudential Financial Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $1.35 on 12/11/25, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.31 on 11/26/25, and Verisign Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.77 on 11/25/25. As a percentage of PRU's recent stock price of $107.85, this dividend works out to approximately 1.25%, so look for shares of Prudential Financial Inc to trade 1.25% lower — all else being equal — when PRU shares open for trading on 11/18/25. Similarly, investors should look for CTSH to open 0.42% lower in price and for VRSN to open 0.31% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for PRU, CTSH, and VRSN, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
Prudential Financial Inc (Symbol: PRU):
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (Symbol: CTSH):
Verisign Inc (Symbol: VRSN):
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 5.01% for Prudential Financial Inc, 1.69% for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., and 1.23% for Verisign Inc.
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In Friday trading, Prudential Financial Inc shares are currently up about 0.1%, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. shares are down about 0.9%, and Verisign Inc shares are up about 0.4% on the day.
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