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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/6/24, Edgewell Personal Care Co (Symbol: EPC), Lancaster Colony Corp (Symbol: LANC), and Home Depot Inc (Symbol: HD) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Edgewell Personal Care Co will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.15 on 4/4/24, Lancaster Colony Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.90 on 3/29/24, and Home Depot Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $2.25 on 3/21/24. As a percentage of EPC's recent stock price of $38.05, this dividend works out to approximately 0.39%, so look for shares of Edgewell Personal Care Co to trade 0.39% lower — all else being equal — when EPC shares open for trading on 3/6/24. Similarly, investors should look for LANC to open 0.44% lower in price and for HD to open 0.59% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for EPC, LANC, and HD, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Edgewell Personal Care Co (Symbol: EPC):

Lancaster Colony Corp (Symbol: LANC):

Home Depot Inc (Symbol: HD):

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 1.58% for Edgewell Personal Care Co, 1.75% for Lancaster Colony Corp, and 2.34% for Home Depot Inc.

In Monday trading, Edgewell Personal Care Co shares are currently down about 0.4%, Lancaster Colony Corp shares are down about 0.3%, and Home Depot Inc shares are up about 1% on the day.

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