Benzinga | Dec 23, 2020 10:14AM EST

Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Limoneira

Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) declared a dividend payable on January 15, 2021 to its shareholders as of December 15, 2020. It was also announced that shareholders of Limoneira's stock as of December 28, 2020 are entitled to the dividend. The stock is expected to become ex-dividend 2 business day(s) before the record date. Limoneira, whose current dividend payout is $0.07, has an ex-dividend date set at December 24, 2020. The payout equates to a dividend yield of 1.97% at current price levels.

Understanding Ex-Dividend Dates'

An ex-dividend date signals when a company's shares cease to trade with its current dividend payout. There is a small intermission period before the company announces a new dividend. Usually, a company's ex-dividend date falls one business day before its record date. Investors should keep this in mind when purchasing stocks because buying them on or after ex-dividend dates does not qualify them to receive the declared payment. Newly declared dividends go to shareholders who have owned that stock before the ex-dividend date. Most ex-dividend dates operate on a quarterly basis.

Understanding Limoneira's Dividend Performance

Over the past year, Limoneira has seen its dividend payouts remain the same and its yields climb upward overall. Last year on December 27, 2019 the company's payout sat at $0.07, which has returned to its value today. Limoneira's dividend yield last year was 1.48%, which has since grown by 0.49%.

Companies use dividend yields in different strategic ways. Some companies may opt to not give yields altogether to reinvest in themselves. Other companies may opt to increase or decrease their yield amounts to control how their shares circulate throughout the stock market.

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