Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Horizon Tech Finance

On April 27, 2021, Horizon Tech Finance HRZN announced shareholders can expect to receive a dividend payable on August 16, 2021. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Horizon Tech Finance, which has a current dividend per share of $0.1, has an ex-dividend date scheduled for July 19, 2021. That equates to a dividend yield of 7.53% at current price levels.

The Significance Of 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.

Horizon Tech Finance's Dividend Payouts And Yields

Over the past year, Horizon Tech Finance has experienced no change regarding its dividend payouts and a downward trend regarding its yields. Last year on April 19, 2021 the company's payout was $0.1, which has returned to its value today. Horizon Tech Finance's dividend yield last year was 8.29%, which has since decreased by 0.76%.
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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