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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/21/24, Materion Corp (Symbol: MTRN), Masco Corp. (Symbol: MAS), and United States Lime & Minerals Inc. (Symbol: USLM) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Materion Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.13 on 3/8/24, Masco Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.29 on 3/11/24, and United States Lime & Minerals Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.25 on 3/15/24. As a percentage of MTRN's recent stock price of $137.67, this dividend works out to approximately 0.09%, so look for shares of Materion Corp to trade 0.09% lower — all else being equal — when MTRN shares open for trading on 2/21/24. Similarly, investors should look for MAS to open 0.40% lower in price and for USLM to open 0.10% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for MTRN, MAS, and USLM, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Materion Corp (Symbol: MTRN):

Masco Corp. (Symbol: MAS):

United States Lime & Minerals Inc. (Symbol: USLM):

In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs of company profits over time. Therefore, a good first due diligence step in forming an expectation of annual yield going forward, is looking at the history above, for a sense of stability over time. This can help in judging whether the most recent dividends from these companies are likely to continue. If they do continue, the current estimated yields on annualized basis would be 0.38% for Materion Corp, 1.59% for Masco Corp., and 0.39% for United States Lime & Minerals Inc..

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In Tuesday trading, Materion Corp shares are currently up about 0.1%, Masco Corp. shares are off about 0.4%, and United States Lime & Minerals Inc. shares are down about 0.9% on the day.

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