Analyzing Wells Fargo Multi-Sector's Ex-Dividend Date

On June 25, 2021, Wells Fargo Multi-Sector (AMEX:ERC) announced shareholders can expect to receive a dividend payable on August 2, 2021. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Wells Fargo Multi-Sector has an ex-dividend date set for for July 12, 2021. The company's current dividend payout is $0.09, which equates to a dividend yield of 8.89% at current price levels.

What Is An Ex-Dividend Date?

Ex-dividend dates signal when company shares cease to trade with their current dividend payouts. There is a small intermission period before companies announce new dividends. 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.

Wells Fargo Multi-Sector's Dividend Payouts And Yields

Over the past year, Wells Fargo Multi-Sector has seen its dividend payouts remain the same and its yields trend downward. Last year on March 11, 2021 the company's payout sat at $0.09, which has returned to its value today. Wells Fargo Multi-Sector's dividend yield last year was 8.98%, which has since decreased by 0.09%.
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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