Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Fanhua

On November 24, 2020, Fanhua FANH declared a dividend payable on December 23, 2020 to its shareholders. Fanhua also announced that shareholders on the company's books on or before December 9, 2020 are entitled to the dividend. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Fanhua has an ex-dividend date planned for December 8, 2020. The company's current dividend payout sits at $0.25. That equates to a dividend yield of 6.99% at current price levels.

The Significance Of 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.

Understanding Fanhua's Dividend History

Over the past year, Fanhua has seen its dividend payouts descend downward and yields trend upward. Last year on December 4, 2019 the company's payout sat at $0.3, which has since decreased by $0.05. Fanhua's dividend yield last year was 4.56%, which has since grown by 2.43%.
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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