Credit: Shutterstock photoLooking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 12/14/17, US Silica Holdings, Inc. (Symbol: SLCA), Graphic Packaging Holding Co (Symbol: GPK), and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc (Symbol: RYAM) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. US Silica Holdings, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.0625 on 1/5/18, Graphic Packaging Holding Co will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.075 on 1/5/18, and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.07 on 12/29/17. As a percentage of SLCA's recent stock price of $34.30, this dividend works out to approximately 0.18%, so look for shares of US Silica Holdings, Inc. to trade 0.18% lower - all else being equal - when SLCA shares open for trading on 12/14/17. Similarly, investors should look for GPK to open 0.49% lower in price and for RYAM to open 0.36% lower, all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for SLCA, GPK, and RYAM, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
US Silica Holdings, Inc. (Symbol: SLCA) :
Graphic Packaging Holding Co (Symbol: GPK) :
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc (Symbol: RYAM) :
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 0.73% for US Silica Holdings, Inc., 1.95% for Graphic Packaging Holding Co, and 1.43% for Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.
In Tuesday trading, US Silica Holdings, Inc. shares are currently up about 1.9%, Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares are down about 0.2%, and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc shares are up about 0.4% on the day.
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