Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Invitation Homes

On October 23, 2020, Invitation Homes INVH declared a dividend payable on November 25, 2020 to its shareholders. Invitation Homes also announced that shareholders on the company's books on or before November 10, 2020 are entitled to the dividend. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Invitation Homes has an ex-dividend date set for for November 9, 2020. The company's current dividend payout is $0.15, which equates to a dividend yield of 2.08% at current price levels.

The Significance Of Ex-Dividend Dates

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.

Invitation Homes's Dividend Performance

Over the past year, Invitation Homes has seen its dividend payouts and yields climb upward overall. Last year (November 12, 2019), the company's payout sat at $0.13, which has since increased by $0.02. Invitation Homes's dividend yield last year was 1.69%, which has since grown by 0.39%.
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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